Emergence Of Augmented Reality Research Articles

The future of interactive information radiators for knowledge workers

Abstract Information Radiators (IRs) provide context-specific pieces of information in a semi-public place where a group of people can see it while working or passing-by. They can simplify information sharing “out-of-the-box”, foster awareness and socialization, create serendipity and enhance collaboration. Recent sociotechnical developments such as the establishment of permanent hybrid work settings as well as advances in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) such as the emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are likely to impact how IRs are being used – or even challenge their usefulness. In this article we discuss those developments and their possible implications for the design and use of IRs in the context of knowledge work in the next decades. We argue that IRs will probably remain an important part of future office environments providing awareness, supporting serendipity and building a situated social place for matchmaking as well as informal communication. Using new display and interaction technologies (such as AR) they might even grow in importance by enabling fluid work scenarios.

Evolving usability heuristics for visualising Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality applications using cognitive model of information processing and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process

AbstractThe pace of technological advancement is accelerating, and one of the latest developments is the emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) glasses as an extension of smartphones. The key to success lies in innovative research and technology that can reach a wide audience. To ensure a positive user experience, AR/MR glasses must offer interfaces that are easy to use, memorable, and leave a lasting impression. While Nielsen's heuristics are widely accepted as the standard for usability, it is clear that non‐traditional applications require a rethinking of these heuristics to best suit their unique needs. A fresh usability heuristic for augmented and MR applications is designed by combining and modifying the existing models, such as Nielsen's 10 heuristics, Technology Acceptance Model, and Software Usability Measurement Inventory. The resulting framework incorporates 21 main heuristics and 60 sub heuristics. The 21 main heuristics are further grouped into the Norman's cognitive theory model based on the three levels of processing. The industry experts evaluated and validated the usability framework and established a higher level of effectiveness in identifying more usability problems compared with Nielsen's heuristics.

Systematic Literature Review : The Trend Of Augmented Reality (AR) in Science Teaching and Learning in Primary School / Sorotan Literatur Bersistematik: Trend Realiti Terimbuh (AR) dalam Pembelajaran dan Pemudahcaraan Mata Pelajaran Sains sekolah Rendah

The rapid development of technology worldwide has led to significant changes in various fields, particularly in education. The emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) technology has garnered attention from researchers in assessing its effectiveness in the teaching and learning process. However, only a small number have systematically studied the trends in AR implementation in the teaching and learning of science, especially at the elementary school level. Therefore, this systematic literature review aims to identify the trends in AR in science teaching and learning from 2018 to 2023. This literature review utilizes the Meta-Analysis framework (PRISMA method). A total of 404 articles were identified through screening from the SCOPUS and WOS databases. Following the screening based on predefined criteria, only 16 articles were selected. Subsequently, these articles were analyzed, and the study findings were categorized into seven discussions regarding the use of AR, namely, general aspects, study findings, contributions of the studies, study designs, research instruments, science learning topics, and theories and models. It is hoped that the results of this review will benefit researchers and educators interested in the use of technology, especially AR, for teaching and learning purposes.

Augmented reality and gamification in higher education: Designing mobile interaction to enhance students’ motivation and learning

The emergence of augmented reality (AR) and gamification in higher education has gained relevance by virtue of their usefulness in learning spaces. Prior research has examined these technologies separately, but less is known about the impact of combining AR and gamification in the area of web development. This article examined how different educational materials on web development influence students’ motivation and learning in higher education. The educational materials included lecture notes, an AR prototype, and an AR prototype with gamification. A web-based experiment involving 95 students demonstrated that using AR could enhance students’ motivation compared to conventional educational materials, such as lecture notes. However, compared with using only AR, the combination of AR and gamification did not enhance students’ motivation or learning. The findings may serve as a basis to further AR in higher education and support authors in the design of AR in course literature.

Potential of Mixed Reality in Online Practicum Learning

The world is facing new challenges in the digital era, especially when presented with the metaverse and other online platforms. The sector that is affected by this challenge is the education sector. Academics are faced with the challenge to keep up with digital developments toward society 5.0. The challenge is in the form of online learning. The use of software in online learning still benefits learning that is theoretical but ineffective in practicum learning due to unsupported technology. With the emergence of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality technology, it is possible to make online learning by combining AR and VR technology, namely Mix Reality. Mix Reality provides enormous potential for online learning because it provides features that cannot be done with conventional online learning in general. The combination of Haptic AR, Audio AR, and gustatory and olfactory AR make online learning possible. Its application in online practicum, MR technology, has a crucial role because teachers can use MR to produce digital content with no restrictions and interact online with their students. Either through virtual spaces or a collaborative learning environment. This article discusses details about the potential of Mixed Reality for online practicum learning.

Rethinking the consequences of postmodern authenticity: the case of a World Cultural Heritage in Augmented Reality

ABSTRACT The emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) enriched and further enhanced the tourism experience. Drawn upon presence theory and a postmodernist perspective, this study rethinks the impact of postmodern authenticity on two different types of presences (Sense of Presence and Telepresence) and hence on visitor satisfaction and travel intention, by focusing on AR-based World Cultural Heritage Site – Mount Tai, China. Data were collected from 225 respondents visiting AR-based Mount Tai. Results demonstrated that postmodern authenticity positively predicts presences, satisfaction, and travel intention, and Postmodern authenticity has a more substantial effect on the Sense of Presence. Moreover, both types of presence positively predict satisfaction, hence travel intention while Sense of Presence has a stronger effect. Theoretical and managerial implications are presented.

INTEGRATION OF BIM AND MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY IN THE AECO DOMAIN

Abstract. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is increasingly present in a wide range of applications (architecture, engineering, construction, land use planning, utility management, etc.). BIM allows better management of projects through precise planning, communication and collaboration between several stakeholders as well as facilitating the monitoring of project operations. The emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) technology allows the superposition of (2D, 3D) information directly on the physical world, so generating immersive, interactive and enriching experiences for the user. To take advantages of BIM and AR potential in the interaction and the intuitive management in AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation) projects, we propose a BIM-based AR workflow through an application called "EasyBIM". This latter allows access and interaction with a BIM model through functionalities for measurement, data consultation, collaboration, visualization and integration of information from sensors. The application is developed for mobile platforms (tablet, smartphone), and has as input an IFC file (Industry Foundation Classes). Promising test results show that the developed solution can be easily integrated into a BIM context for several use cases: marketing, collaboration, site monitoring, facility management, etc.

Bringing flexibility to giant magnetoresistive sensors directly grown onto commercial polymeric foils

The emergence of augmented reality, robotics and point-of-care biosensors has pushed forward the frontiers of compliant sensors with mechanical resilience and capability of being arbitrarily shaped upon demand. Here, we report exchange-biased spin valve structures directly fabricated on 25 μm thick commercial polymeric substrates. Linear electrical response with low coercivity was demonstrated for sensors grown on polymers. Despite the higher roughness of polymers ≃0.75 nm, a Néel coupling field comparable to that of samples grown on conventional SiO2 substrates was shown. Nevertheless, significant changes in the linear range of polymeric samples were observed, together with changes in the shift of the transfer curve. The measurements also indicate deviations from fully orthogonal magnetization orientation achieved in patterned linear sensors. Such results were ascribed to the presence of a non-negligible magnetostrictive component, most likely due to residual mechanical stress in the sensor's free- and pinned-layers. To support the study, a macrospin model was developed, considering the magnetoelastic anisotropy, to address in particular the impact of mechanical stress on final sensor output.

AED: a novel visual representation based on AR and empathy computing in manual assembly

Adding personal perceptions to manufacturing engineering can be very challenging, especially when engineering-based methods are used to make artisans understand the designer's ideas. Unfortunately, the two-dimensional engineering definition can be extremely time-consuming for individuals who lack creativity or imagination, and model-based definition would be incapable of breaking the separation between the virtual space and the real world, which makes the interaction between natural persons exist spatial perception error. The emergence of Augmented Reality (AR), which allows individuals to perceive the intentions and strategies of the designer with visual cues that are attached to actual objects, fills this gap. In this paper, augmented engineering definition (AED) is proposed to enhance the information exchange between natural persons in a succinct, accurate and acceptable form of visual impression. Motivated by visual representation in remote collaboration, the specific empathy scenario bases on the AED design, which leads to the establishment of a mapping relationship between the visual cues and the augmented information. An inquiry had been conducted by involving participants who were paired up for the parts’ inspection, interacting via 2D visualization data only, interaction with 3D projection data, interaction with 3D visualization data, AED-based communication. The experimental results showed that participants with AED exhibited higher situational appeal and information understanding than using three other interactions. Besides, we discussed the feasibility of using AED in a collaborative manufacturing environment and the impact on AED users.

Pepper's Ghost and the augmented reality of modernity

Abstract The emergence of augmented-reality (AR) displays has inspired scholarship examining the social effects and communicative impacts of these visual technologies. But the broader concept of reality augmentation – of overlaying information onto everyday experience – has been likened to the imposition of social discourses and ideologies. This article examines the nineteenth-century stage illusion Pepper's Ghost as an early AR media system in service to the particular ideological mission of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in London. Despite its spectral imagery and historical parallels to spiritualism, Pepper's Ghost was instrumental in servicing the Polytechnic's goals of promoting rational modernity and scientific progress, which it accomplished by mediating the epistemic divide between superstition and science and blending Polytechnic ideology with the phenomenological experience of the screened image. In this article, I make visible the ideological function of two apparatuses: the Pepper's Ghost illusion as a media system, and the social institution of the Polytechnic itself. In the end, I situate the current revival of Pepper's Ghost stagings as a twenty-first-century phenomenon amid new restagings of Pepper's Ghost as performing 'holograms'.

Doodle-Based Authentication Technique Using Augmented Reality

The emergence of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) has revolutionized the trends in computing devices and modern technologies drastically. With this revolution, there is a need to extend existing architectures of security to serve as the key protective feature in all computing devices. In this experimental study, the aim is to develop a novel authentication technique with a fusion of graphical doodle password approach and AR environments. The mash-up of both doodle passwords and AR in a 3D space gives a promising direction to set off to a modern, more usable, and satisfying authentication techniques. The proposed approach works on real-time size and coordinate matching of doodles in an AR environment for the authentication of users. The creation of doodle passwords in an AR space is carried on by touch-gesture-recognition on a smartphone. The usability and usefulness of the proposed technique is evaluated by conducting an extensive survey, based on tasks and user experience assessments. The randomized-post-test-only study model is used to conduct experimentation that is also followed by the analysis of security parameters with the help of confusion matrix. The obtained results predict the use of AR during the authentication process more satisfying for users, where the proposed technique is useful, usable, and secure in comparison to the existing authentication approaches. This paper also highlights the importance of research needed for the utilization of modern techniques during the creation of security frameworks.

Augmented Reality for Enabling Smart Nuclear Infrastructure

This work presents a novel, comprehensive framework that leverages emerging augmented reality headset technology to enable smart nuclear industrial infrastructure that a human can easily interact with to improve their performance in terms of safety, security, and productivity. Nuclear industrial operations require some of the most complicated infrastructure that must be managed today. Nuclear infrastructure and their associated industrial operations typically features stringent requirements associated with seismic, personnel management (e.g. access control, equipment access), safety (e.g. radiation, criticality, mechanical, electrical, spark, and chemical hazards), security (cyber/physical), and sometimes international treaties for nuclear non-proliferation. Furthermore, a wide variety of manufacturing and maintenance operations take place within these facilities further complicating their management. Nuclear facilities require very thorough and stringent documentation of the operations occurring within these facilities as well as maintaining a tight chain-of-custody for the materials being stored within the facility. The emergence of augmented reality and a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices offers a possible solution to help mitigate these challenges. This work provides a demonstration of a prototype smart nuclear infrastructure system that leverages augmented reality to illustrate the advantages of this system. It will also present example augmented reality tools that can be leveraged to create the next generation of smart nuclear infrastructure. The discussion will layout future directions of research for this class of work.

Augmenting the fine beam tube: From hybrid measurements to magnetic field visualization

Since the emergence of augmented reality (AR), it has been a constant subject of educational research, as it can improve conceptual understanding and generally promote learning. In addition, a motivational effect and improved interaction and collaboration through AR were observed. Recently, AR technologies have taken a major leap forward in development, such that head-mounted devices or smartglasses in particular are now finding their first applications in STEM education, especially in experiments. In line with these developments, we here present an AR experiment in electrodynamics for undergraduate laboratory courses in physics using real-time physical data from and virtual tools on mobile devices to both analyze and visualize physical phenomena.

Collaborative Vehicular Edge Computing Networks: Architecture Design and Research Challenges

The emergence of augmented reality (AR), autonomous driving and other new applications have greatly enriched the functionality of the vehicular networks. However, these applications usually require complex calculations and large amounts of storage, which puts tremendous pressure on traditional vehicular networks. Mobile edge computing (MEC) is proposed as a prospective technique to extend computing and storage resources to the edge of the network. Combined with MEC, the computing and storage capabilities of the vehicular network can be further enhanced. Therefore, in this paper, we explore the novel collaborative vehicular edge computing network (CVECN) architecture. We first review the work related to MEC and vehicular networks. Then we discuss the design principles of CVECN. Based on the principles, we present the detailed CVECN architecture, and introduce the corresponding functional modules, communication process, as well as the installation and deployment ideas. Furthermore, the promising technical challenges, including collaborative coalition formation, collaborative task offloading and mobility management, are presented. And some potential research issues for future research are highlighted. Finally, simulation results are verified that the proposed CVECN can significantly improve network performance.

Up to a Limit?

The emergence of augmented reality and computer vision based tools offer new opportunities to visually impaired persons (VIPs). Solutions that help VIPs in social interactions by providing information (age, gender, attire, expressions etc.) about people in the vicinity are becoming available. Although such assistive technologies are already collecting and sharing such information with VIPs, the views, perceptions, and preferences of sighted bystanders about such information sharing remain unexplored. Although bystanders may be willing to share more information for assistive uses it remains to be explored to what degree bystanders are willing to share various kinds of information and what might encourage additional sharing of information based on the contextual needs of VIPs. In this paper we describe the first empirical study of information sharing preferences of sighted bystanders of assistive devices. We conducted a survey based study using a contextual method of inquiry with 62 participants followed by nine semi-structured interviews to shed more insight on our key quantitative findings. We find that bystanders are more willing to share some kinds of personal information with VIPs and are willing to share additional information if higher security assurances can be made by improving their control over how their information is shared.

The Use of Augmented Reality in Formal Education: A Scoping Review

Augmented Reality (AR) is recognized as one of the most important developments in educational technology for both higher and K-12 education as emphasized in Horizon report . The purpose of this scoping review was to provide a comprehensive overview of relevant research regarding the emergence of augmented reality, the links to pedagogy and educational outcomes, specifically in the context of formal education. The scoping review is underpinned by the five-stage framework Arksey and O’Malley (2005). First, research questions are identified. Second, the last five years in ERIC database is explored by using the search term ‘augmented reality.’ Third, studies are investigated through inclusion and exclusion criteria, and PRISMA (2009) model is utilized for article selection. Fourth, selected articles are charted with respect to numerous dimensions and summaries. finally, findings are reported in the light of research questions. The findings of the scoping review illustrated a set of studies that provide evidence of improved academic performance, increase in students’ engagement, motivation, and satisfaction through the educational environments that are enriched with AR applications. The findings of the scoping review are discussed with respect to multiple dimensions that are explored under research questions

Augmented reality as a digital teaching environment to develop spatial thinking

ABSTRACTDigital three-dimensional (3D) cartography environments provide new ways of landscape visualization and topographic interpretation: digital terrain modeling (DTM) is added to the traditional cartographic technique, where relief interpretation skill is needed to interpret 3D topographic information from 2D representations. The emergence of augmented reality (AR) technology for DTM representation offers a new way to develop map-reading skills. It is in the representation of the landforms (hills, dunes, depths, valleys, mountains, shapes, slopes, and elevations) where the AR allows a new way to interact with the landscape representation. Once AR technology is combined with tablet computers, the manipulation of DTM can be done by finger gestures. This paper analyzes the potential of AR as an innovative teaching tool to improve relief interpretation skill based on the results of a workshop with 73 engineering students from La Laguna University, Spain. Participants performed exercises with 2D traditional techniques of relief representation and with AR. To compare the effect with and without AR, another group of 22 students conducted the workshop with only 2D relief representations. The gain was significantly better with the AR group; students who did not use AR had also a significantly better result, but their scores were still lower.

QR Codes and Traditional Beadwork: Augmented Communities Improvising Together

QR Codes and Traditional Beadwork: Augmented Communities Improvising Together

The Emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) as a Storytelling Medium in Journalism

Digital technology holds the potential to transform journalism and the media in several beneficial ways, including new forms of storytelling that might better engage citizens and provide more context, nuance, and texture to reported events and issues. However, the extent to which these benefits have been realized is mixed and subject to debate. In this monograph, we examine how digital technology might transform the content of journalism through augmented reality (AR). The significance of digital storytelling through AR is manifest in its potential to engage a citizenry increasingly disengaged from traditional news and to provide more contextualized information.