Navigating Bookcases Using Augmented Reality Evaluating the Usability of Mobile AR Navigation Systems

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2018-06-30
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With the rapid adaptation of AR across all mobile platforms, assessment of its usability with respect to real world situations is an urgent subject matter. Unlike most modern interfaces, AR allows for situated user interfaces, which are highly context dependent and exible. This research assesses the usability of an AR navigation system for pedestrians, which uses exible AR labels to support navigation. To achieve the aforementioned, an experiment has been conducted where participants were enquired to retrieve a specific set of books from a series of alphabetically organised bookcases, with and without help of an AR navigation system: the bookcase navigator. Based on user interaction in the form of the distance to the bookcases, information altering occurs to show the AR labels at an appropriate level of detail. The results indicate a significant increase in the satisfaction of users, but show a lack of any significant differences in the effectiveness, efficiency and users' subjective assessment of the system its usability. Keywords: Augmented Reality Mobile Augmented Reality Navigation Systems Pedestrian Navigation Usability
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen