BEHAVIOUR CONTROL WITH AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS FOR SHARED SPACES

STARS: Shared Transatlantic Augmented Reality System

Since October 2000 the authors have operated a laboratory, the Shared Transatlantic Augmented Reality System (STARS), for exploring telepresence in the domestic environment. The authors, an artist and an architect, are conducting a series of experiments to test their hypotheses concerning mixed reality and supportive environments. This paper describes these hypotheses, the purpose and construct...

Evaluating Augmented Reality Systems

Categorizing Augmented Reality Systems

Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes virtual information onto the real world. AR system development is reaching the maturity of Virtual Reality (VR) systems. However, AR systems vary considerably due to the variety of applications that use different input and output methods. There is therefore a need to categorize these systems in order to ascertain the options available in the use of AR for par...

Integrating augmented reality with home systems

Augmented Reality systems overlay computer generated information onto a user’s natural senses. Where this additional information is visual, the information is overlaid on the user’s natural visual field of view through a head mounted (or “head-up”) display device. Integrated Home Systems provides a network that links every electrical device in the home which provides to a user both control and ...

Enhancing Handheld Navigation Systems with Augmented Reality

We investigate the role of augmented reality (AR) as a new kind of handheld interface to enhance navigation. We integrate AR with other more common interfaces into a handheld navigation system, and we conduct an exploratory study to see where and how people exploit the AR interface. Based on previous work on augmented photographs, we hypothesize that AR is more useful as a support for wayfindin...