User evaluation of see-through vision for mobile outdoor augmented reality

Author

Avery, Benjamin ; Thomas, Bruce H. ; Piekarski, Wayne

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA

fYear

2008

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

72

Abstract

We have developed a system built on our mobile AR platform that provides users with see-through vision, allowing visualization of occluded objects textured with real-time video information. We present a user study that evaluates the userpsilas ability to view this information and understand the appearance of an outdoor area occluded by a building while using a mobile AR computer. This understanding was compared against a second group of users who watched video footage of the same outdoor area on a regular computer monitor. The comparison found an increased accuracy in locating specific points from the scene for the outdoor AR participants. The outdoor participants also displayed more accurate results, and showed better speed improvement than the indoor group when viewing more than one video simultaneously.

Keywords

augmented reality; computer vision; data visualisation; mobile computing; video signal processing; mobile outdoor augmented reality; object visualization; occluded object; real-time video information; see-through vision; user evaluation; Augmented reality; Buildings; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Layout; Mobile computing; Rendering (computer graphics); Video sequences; Visualization; Wearable computers; I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques — Interaction Techniques; I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism — Virtual Reality; Image-based Rendering; Occlusion; Outdoor Augmented Reality; Telepresence; Wearable Computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2008. ISMAR 2008. 7th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cambridge

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2840-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2859-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMAR.2008.4637327

Filename

4637327