Visualization of Environment-related Information in Augmented
Reality : Analysis of User Needs

D 2017

Visualization of Environment-related Information in Augmented Reality : Analysis of User Needs

CHMELAŘOVÁ, Kateřina, Čeněk ŠAŠINKA and Zdeněk STACHOŇ

Basic information

Original name

Visualization of Environment-related Information in Augmented Reality : Analysis of User Needs

Authors

CHMELAŘOVÁ, Kateřina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Čeněk ŠAŠINKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zdeněk STACHOŇ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Washington, Spojené státy americké, Advances in Cartography and GIScience. ICACI 2017. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, p. 283-292, 10 pp. 2017

Publisher

Springer, Cham

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57336-6_20

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/17:00097242

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-3-319-57335-9

ISSN

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57336-6_20

UT WoS

000448236700020

Keywords in English

Augmented reality ; Human-computer interaction ; User test ; Map-related information ; Paragliding ; Optical see-through display

Abstract

V originále

The main motivation for this study was to enable paragliding pilots to use Augmented Reality features during flight. For orientation in the air, paragliding pilots use a map as the main source of information. It is therefore important that the information is presented in the most easily accessible way. The aim of the present study was to investigate the needs of paragliding pilots with respect to maps and the way maps provide them with information about the environment. The participants were three professional paragliding instructors with different amounts of experience. The methods employed involved a semi-structured interview and a practical, real-flight test involving AR glasses; the test was done by only one of the pilots. Two categories of data were identified, with the first involving data related to geographical terrain and the other to the pilot’s immediate surroundings. Our results suggest that an optical see-through display would be more suitable for use in the air than the video-based glasses we utilized. If an optical see-through display were used, the terrain could be seen through the glasses, with terrain-related information displayed in the map. AR could be used to present flight-related information as well. Our findings suggest that the way in which information is presented to pilots should be chosen based on the category of the information, namely, whether it is terrain-related or flight-related. In addition, it was found that the small display in the right corner of the pilot’s field of view is rather distractive and insufficient to fulfill the pilots’ needs. Our results also showed that future AR applications should be designed to be transferable between different platforms: glasses, mobile phones, and tablets.

Links

MUNI/M/0846/2015, interní kód MU

Name: Vliv metod kartografické vizualizace na úspěšnost řešení praktických a výukových prostorových úloh

Investor: Masaryk University, Influence of cartographic visualization on solving practical and instructional space tasks, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects

Citovat

CHMELAŘOVÁ, Kateřina, Čeněk ŠAŠINKA and Zdeněk STACHOŇ. Visualization of Environment-related Information in Augmented Reality : Analysis of User Needs. In Peterson, M. Advances in Cartography and GIScience. ICACI 2017. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Washington, Spojené státy americké: Springer, Cham, 2017, p. 283-292. ISBN 978-3-319-57335-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57336-6_20.

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CHMELAŘOVÁ, Kateřina, Čeněk ŠAŠINKA and Zdeněk STACHOŇ. Visualization of Environment-related Information in Augmented Reality : Analysis of User Needs. In Peterson, M. \textit{Advances in Cartography and GIScience. ICACI 2017. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography}. Washington, Spojené státy americké: Springer, Cham, 2017, p.~283-292. ISBN~978-3-319-57335-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57336-6\_{}20.

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