Title :
School of the Future: Using Augmented Reality for Contextual Information and Navigation in Academic Buildings
Author :
Vert, Silviu ; Vasiu, Radu
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electron. & Telecommun., Politeh. Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Abstract :
This paper is a brief presentation of augmented reality solutions. Augmented reality is nowadays used in various domains with incipient but spectacular results. We question the implementation of augmented reality applications for smartphones designed to help students retrieve contextual information and navigate inside campuses and buildings. We present the research methodology and the expected contributions and results.
Keywords :
augmented reality; educational institutions; information retrieval; smart phones; academic buildings; augmented reality solutions; campuses; contextual information retrieval; navigation; school; smartphones; Augmented reality; Buildings; Educational institutions; Global Positioning System; Libraries; Smart phones; augmented reality; indoor navigation; learning spaces;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1642-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2012.156