On the Usability of Augmented Reality for Information Exchange in Teams from the Security Domain

For operational units in the security domain that work together in teams it is important to quickly and adequately exchange context-related information. Currently, information exchange is based on oral communication only. This paper reports on different scenarios from the security domain in which augmented reality (AR) techniques are used to support such information exchange. The scenarios have been elicited using an end-user centred design approach. To support these scenarios an AR environment has been developed and the usability of the AR support has been evaluated with experts from different operational units in the security domain. The first evaluation shows that the scenarios are well defined and the AR environment can successfully support information exchange in teams operating in the security domain.