Changing the Camera-to-screen Angle to Improve AR Browser Usage

Ashley Colley; Wouter Van Vlaenderen; Johannes Schöning; Jonna Häkkilä

doi:10.1145/2935334.2935384

Changing the Camera-to-screen Angle to Improve AR Browser Usage

Ashley Colley, Wouter Van Vlaenderen, Johannes Schöning, Jonna Häkkilä

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Abstract

Mobile devices are currently the most commonly used platform to experience Augmented Reality (AR). Nevertheless, they typically provide a less than ideal ergonomic experience, requiring the user to operate them with arms raised. In this paper we evaluate how to improve the ergonomics of AR experiences by modifying the angle between the mobile device's camera and its display. Whereas current mobile device cameras point out vertically from the back cover, we modify the camera angle to be 0, 45 and 90 degrees. In addition, we also investigate the use of the smartwatch as an AR browser form factor. Key findings are, that whilst the current approximately see-through configuration provides the fastest task completion times, a camera offset angle of 45° provides reduced task load and was preferred by users. When comparing different form factors and screen sizes, the smartwatch format was found to be unsuitable for AR browsing use.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MobileHCI '16
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4408-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935384
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoEC publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct - Florence, Italy Duration: 6 Sept 2016 → 9 Sept 2016 Conference number: 18

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Series	MobileHCI '16

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Conference	International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct
Abbreviated title	MobileHCI '16
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	06.09.2016 → 09.09.2016

Keywords

augmented reality, augmented reality browsers, magic lens interaction, mobile devices, smartwatches

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Visual arts and design

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Colley, A, Van Vlaenderen, W, Schöning, J & Häkkilä, J 2016, Changing the Camera-to-screen Angle to Improve AR Browser Usage. in MobileHCI '16: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. ACM , New York, NY, USA, MobileHCI '16, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct , Florence, Italy, 06.09.2016. https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935384

Changing the Camera-to-screen Angle to Improve AR Browser Usage. / Colley, Ashley; Van Vlaenderen, Wouter; Schöning, Johannes et al.
MobileHCI '16: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, NY, USA: ACM , 2016. (MobileHCI '16).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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