PoI awareness, relevance and aggregation for augmented reality

Maria Beatriz Carmo, Ana Paula Afonso, António Ferreira, Ana Paula Cláudio, Gonçalo Silva

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Abstract

The integration of sensors in smartphones and tablets is enabling the emergence of augmented reality (AR) applications for these devices. However, the image captured and the superimposed information is limited to the camera's field-of-view and, in the visualization of points of interest (PoI), symbol overlapping may occur because there is no control over their number and location. Thus, we developed an Android prototype application that aims to: provide better environment awareness using clues to off-screen objects and a 2D map with a radar view, reduce symbol overlapping via aggregation visualizations, and guide the attention of the user by featuring different levels of symbol relevance according to user preferences. An empirical study with search tasks revealed participants preferred having all techniques active instead of none or only some of them. This suggests there is value in combining visualization techniques to address mobile AR challenges, and, possibly, that there is still space to integrate more techniques without overloading the users.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 20th International Conference Information Visualisation, IV 2016
EditorsEbad Banissi, Urska Cvek, Chun-Cheng Lin, Francis T. Marchese, Chi Man Pun, Theodor G. Wyeld, Mark W. McK. Bannatyne, John Counsell, Marjan Trutschl, Fatma Bouali, Remo Burkhard, John Counsell, Anna Ursyn, Gilles Venturini, Georges Grinstein, Feng Lin, Martin J. Eppler, Wei Dong Huang, Sebastian Kernbach, Muhammad Sarfraz, Jian J. Zhang
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages300-305
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781467389426
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event20th International Conference Information Visualisation, IV 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 19 Jul 201622 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation
Volume2016-August
ISSN (Print)1093-9547

Conference

Conference20th International Conference Information Visualisation, IV 2016
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period19/07/1622/07/16

Keywords

  • Aggregation
  • Augmented reality
  • Off-screen objects
  • Relevance

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