Indoor Navigation with Mixed Reality World-in-Miniature Views on Mobile Devices - ARマーカーを使用した屋内ナビゲーション #AR

It is indoors difficult to use the location information using GPS. An equipment installation and a positional setting seem to be troublesome and to cost cost to WiFi, too. Such time is feasible to use the AR marker and the compass. 

屋内では、GPSを使用した位置情報を使用することは難しい。WiFiは、機器設置や位置設定が面倒で費用もかかりそう。そんな時はARマーカーとコンパスを使用することで実現可能だ。

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We present the design of an interface that provides continuous navigational support for indoor scenarios where localization is only available at sparse, discrete locations (info points). Our interface combines turn-by-turn instructions with a World-in- Miniature (WIM). In a previous study, we showed that using an Augmented Reality WIM at info points, and turn-by-turn instructions elsewhere, is a valid support for navigation inside an unknown building. In particular, we highlighted that users value the WIM as a tool for monitoring their location in the building. In this work, we focus on using the WIM continuously, not only at info points, to support navigation. We adapt the WIM views to the quality of localization by transitioning within Mixed Reality: we use Augmented Reality to provide an overview of the whole path at info points and Virtual Reality to communicate the next instruction when localization is not available. Our results from a new user study validate our interface design and show that users ex- ploit not only turn-by-turn instructions but also the WIM throughout the path, to navigate with our interface. This paper provides insight on how a low-infrastructure indoor solution can support human navigational abilities effectively.

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