NRU 'near you': Real-World Interaction with a Mobile Phone

Authors:
Mathias Dahlström;Richard Lewis Jones;Marko Balabanovic
Affiliations:
lastminute.com labs, UK;lastminute.com labs, UK;lastminute.com labs, UK
Venue:
International Journal of Creative Interfaces and Computer Graphics
Year:
2010

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Abstract

NRU "near you" is a new mobile phone application for finding nearby activities. The application displays restaurants, bars, cafes, and so forth close to the user, on a display that updates as the user rotates it and moves it around his or her body, encouraging real-world interaction. This device is a simplified form of augmented reality that works on an existing consumer phone handset, combining location and orientation sensors with a touchscreen interface. In this paper, the authors explain the design of the system and the technologies involved, and share some experiences from the application's first 6 months in operation.