CyPhone—bringing augmented reality to next generation mobile phones
DARE '00 Proceedings of DARE 2000 on Designing augmented reality environments
A resource-adaptive mobile navigation system
Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Video See-Through AR on Consumer Cell-Phones
ISMAR '04 Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
A natural wayfinding exploiting photos in pedestrian navigation systems
Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Comparing conceptual designs for mobile access to geo-spatial information
Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Interaction with combinations of maps and images for pedestrian navigation and virtual exploration
Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Technical Section: Exploring the use of handheld AR for outdoor navigation
Computers and Graphics
A mobile indoor navigation system interface adapted to vision-based localization
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
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Map interfaces are the quasi-standard for car navigation systems, and are usually the first choice for mobile pedestrian navigation systems. Alternatives are being investigated in research and industry that possibly suit the settings and needs of the person on foot better. One solution is augmented reality (AR), which blends navigation instructions with the view of the real world. However, research usually focuses too much on the technical implementation, leaving little time for a thorough assessment of the actual benefits of such a system. In this paper we present an evaluation of a mobile pedestrian navigation system prototype. The system provides a simplified augmented reality experience by presenting visually augmented photographs instead of a real-time video stream. We compare the usability of the AR interface with that of a map-based interface in a field evaluation. Our results challenge the map approach and suggest that AR is not only a serious alternative, but also potentially more suited for route presentation in PNS.