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Crouch, Hold and Engage: Spatial Aspects of Augmented Reality Browsing

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Tuomas Lappalainen,

Elisa Määttänen,

Johannes Schöning,

Jonna HäkkiläAuthors Info & Claims

NordiCHI '16: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Article No.: 66, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/2971485.2971527

Published: 23 October 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Displays that use an AR browser to augment a printed poster are nowadays commonplace in many cities. Whilst much research exists on the technical issues and interaction techniques related to such AR displays, currently there has been little research on how these applications are actually used. In this paper, we present the first study reporting on usage comfort and spatial aspects when using an AR browsing app on to browse augmented content on a physical poster. Key findings are that the mean distance users preferred to stand from the poster content was 129 cm (SD = 34 cm) and that standing further from the poster enabled a browsing task to be completed more quickly. Based on our findings we make recommendations on the content and spatial location of AR poster installations.

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Crouch, Hold and Engage: Spatial Aspects of Augmented Reality Browsing
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Fulmer WMahmood TLi ZZhang SHuang JLu AFu WPan SBrdiczka OChau PCalvary G(2019)ImWebProceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces10.1145/3301275.3302319(367-378)Online publication date: 17-Mar-2019
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Aromaa SVäätänen AKaasinen EUimonen MSiltanen S(2018)Human Factors and Ergonomics Evaluation of a Tablet Based Augmented Reality System in Maintenance WorkProceedings of the 22nd International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/3275116.3275125(118-125)Online publication date: 10-Oct-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3275116.3275125

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