Comparison of Wearable Optical See-through and Handheld Devices as Platform for an Augmented Reality Museum Guide

Sule Serubugo, Denisa Škantárová, Lasse Kjærsgård Nielsen, Martin Kraus

2017

Abstract

Self-service guides are a common way of providing information about artworks exhibited in museums. Modern advances in handheld mobile applications and wearable optical see-through devices that use augmented reality offer new ways of designing museum guides that are more engaging and interactive than traditional self-service guides such as written descriptions or audio guides. In this study we compare wearable (smart glasses) and handheld (smartphone) devices as a platform for an augmented reality museum guide. We have developed a museum guide for both a smartphone and smart glasses that can identify artwork, direct the visitors’ attention to specific details in it, as well as engage them through a game. The platforms are compared based on participants’ preference feedback and game performance, and are also evaluated by a coordinator from a collaborating museum. We conclude with a discussion of potentials of these platforms as augmented reality museum guides and suggest promising future work.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Serubugo S., Škantárová D., Kjærsgård Nielsen L. and Kraus M. (2017). Comparison of Wearable Optical See-through and Handheld Devices as Platform for an Augmented Reality Museum Guide . In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-224-0, pages 179-186. DOI: 10.5220/0006093901790186

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp17,
author={Sule Serubugo and Denisa Škantárová and Lasse Kjærsgård Nielsen and Martin Kraus},
title={Comparison of Wearable Optical See-through and Handheld Devices as Platform for an Augmented Reality Museum Guide},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={179-186},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006093901790186},
isbn={978-989-758-224-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)
TI - Comparison of Wearable Optical See-through and Handheld Devices as Platform for an Augmented Reality Museum Guide
SN - 978-989-758-224-0
AU - Serubugo S.
AU - Škantárová D.
AU - Kjærsgård Nielsen L.
AU - Kraus M.
PY - 2017
SP - 179
EP - 186
DO - 10.5220/0006093901790186