InfoSPOT: A mobile Augmented Reality method for accessing building information through a situation awareness approach

Irizarry, Javier; Gheisari, Masoud; Williams, Graceline; Walker, Bruce N.

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2012.09.002

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“…Since the early beginnings in the 1960's, more advanced and portable hardware has become available, and registration accuracy, graphics quality, and device size have been largely addressed to a satisfactory level, which has led to a rapid growth in the adoption of AR technology. AR is now being used in a wide range of application domains, including Education (Furió et al, 2013;Fonseca et al, 2014a;Ibáñez et al, 2014), Engineering (Henderson and Feiner, 2009;Henderson S. J. and Feiner, 2011;Irizarry et al, 2013), and Entertainment (Dow et al, 2007;Haugstvedt and Krogstie, 2012;Vazquez-Alvarez et al, 2012). However, to be widely accepted by end users, AR usability and user experience issues still need to be improved.…”

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A Systematic Review of 10 Years of Augmented Reality Usability Studies: 2005 to 2014

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Augmented Reality (AR) interfaces have been studied extensively over the last few decades, with a growing number of user-based experiments. In this paper, we systematically review 10 years of the most influential AR user studies, from 2005 to 2014. A total of 291 papers with 369 individual user studies have been reviewed and classified based on their application areas. The primary contribution of the review is to present the broad landscape of user-based AR research, and to provide a high-level view of how that landscape has changed. We summarize the high-level contributions from each category of papers, and present examples of the most influential user studies. We also identify areas where there have been few user studies, and opportunities for future research. Among other things, we find that there is a growing trend toward handheld AR user studies, and that most studies are conducted in laboratory settings and do not involve pilot testing. This research will be useful for AR researchers who want to follow best practices in designing their own AR user studies.

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A Systematic Review of 10 Years of Augmented Reality Usability Studies: 2005 to 2014

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“…Previous studies have discussed the use of 3D visualization in general [25], and specifically AR, for the visualization of architectural design to adapt designs to the environment, avoiding problems of scaling, lighting, and texturing [26][27][28][29]. In addition, through these technologies, a user outside of the professional sector can obtain more enjoyable access to all types of information, such as tourist applications [30].…”

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Mixed-methods research: a new approach to evaluating the motivation and satisfaction of university students using advanced visual technologies

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2014

Univ Access Inf Soc

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The final publication is available at link.springer.comA mixed-methods study evaluating the motivation and satisfaction of Architecture degree students using interactive visualization methods is presented in this paper. New technology implementations in the teaching field have been largely extended to all types of levels and educational frameworks. However, these innovations require approval validation and evaluation by the final users, the students. In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of applying mixed evaluation technology are discussed in a case study of the use of interactive and collaborative tools for the visualization of 3D architectonical models. The main objective was to evaluate Architecture and Building Science students’ the motivation to use and satisfaction with this type of technology and to obtain adequate feedback that allows for the optimization of this type of experiment in future iterations.Postprint (author’s final draft

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“…To exploit these benefits, many research projects have focused on providing cyber-information to field personnel through mobile devices and/or augmented reality systems (e.g., Akula et al 2011;Anumba and Aziz 2006;Behzadan et al 2008;Shin and Dunston 2008;Hakkarainen et al 2008;Khoury and Kamat 2009;Irizarry et al 2012;Pasman and Woodward 2003). These works have primarily focused on using Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), or Indoor GPS for accurately positioning the user within congested construction environments.…”

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High-precision vision-based mobile augmented reality system for context-aware architectural, engineering, construction and facility management (AEC/FM) applications

2013

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Background: Many context-aware techniques have been proposed to deliver cyber-information, such as project specifications or drawings, to on-site users by intelligently interpreting their environment. However, these techniques primarily rely on RF-based location tracking technologies (e.g., GPS or WLAN), which typically do not provide sufficient precision in congested construction sites or require additional hardware and custom mobile devices. Method: This paper presents a new vision-based mobile augmented reality system that allows field personnel to query and access 3D cyber-information on-site by using photographs taken from standard mobile devices. The system does not require any location tracking modules, external hardware attachments, and/or optical fiducial markers for localizing a user's position. Rather, the user's location and orientation are purely derived by comparing images from the user's mobile device to a 3D point cloud model generated from a set of pre-collected site photographs. Results:The experimental results show that 1) the underlying 3D reconstruction module of the system generates complete 3D point cloud models of target scene, and is up to 35 times faster than other state-of-the-art Structure-from-Motion (SfM) algorithms, 2) the localization time takes at most few seconds in actual construction site. Conclusion:The localization speed and empirical accuracy of the system provides the ability to use the system on real-world construction sites. Using an actual construction case study, the perceived benefits and limitations of the proposed method for on-site context-aware applications are discussed in detail.

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InfoSPOT: A mobile Augmented Reality method for accessing building information through a situation awareness approach

Cited by 123 publications

References 19 publications

A Systematic Review of 10 Years of Augmented Reality Usability Studies: 2005 to 2014

A Systematic Review of 10 Years of Augmented Reality Usability Studies: 2005 to 2014

Mixed-methods research: a new approach to evaluating the motivation and satisfaction of university students using advanced visual technologies

High-precision vision-based mobile augmented reality system for context-aware architectural, engineering, construction and facility management (AEC/FM) applications

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