TheARter. Prototype platform for multi-user AR visualizations on live entertainment.
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In the last years, there has been an abundance of AR applications developed, across multiple sectors. However, AR still remains in many domains just a buzzword, with very little evaluations carried out to study its impact on users in terms of exploration, navigation, learning and enjoyment. In this paper, we want to reflect on the use of AR on a heritage site related to World War II, to raise awareness around an issue, i.e., our common history, whose implications can still be felt today, in these days of social unrest. We want to show how an emerging technology like AR can do some social good by not loosing the memory of those who fought in the war and liberated Europe, now that many of us consider 'freedom' as a given. We will do so by presenting the story of George and Ursula Lévy, two Jewish children confined in Kamp Vught, a deportation camp for children in the South of the Netherlands, and by discussing in which way viewers of this story can be sensitized to 'not forget'.
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Augmented reality (AR) has moved into the spotlight of technological developments to enhance tourist experiences, presenting a need to develop meaningful AR applications. However, few studies so far have focused on requirements for a user-centric AR application design. The study aims to propose a method on translating psychological and behavioral indicators of users into relevant technical design elements for the development of mobile AR tourism applications in the context of urban heritage tourism. The research was conducted in three phases to generate a quality function deployment (QFD) model based on interviews, focus groups and questionnaires of international tourists and industry professionals. Key categories, content requirements, function requirements, and user resistance were defined for the identification of requirements. The outcomes of the study outline tourist requirements based on behavioral and psychological indicators and propose a method for translating them into technical design elements for tourist mobile AR applications.
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PSV, 4DR Studios and BUas collaborated to create a headworn AR application to meet the PSV players in your livingroom!
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The use of Augmented Reality (AR) in industry is growing rapidly, driven by benefits such as efficiency gains and ability to overcome physical boundaries. Existing studies stress the need to take stakeholder values into account in the design process. In this study the impact of AR on stakeholders' values is investigated by conducting focus groups and interviews, using value sensitive design as a framework. Significant impacts were found on the values of safety, accuracy, privacy, helpfulness and autonomy. Twenty practical design choices to mitigate potential negative impact emerged from the study.
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This study investigated the comparative impact of AR avatars versus 2D video avatars on secondary students' engagement, learning motivation, and subject interest in history education. A quasi-experimental study was conducted with German secondary students aged 11-14 across three conditions: control group (no intervention), 2D avatar learning experience, and AR avatar learning experience.
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Extended Reality technologies, such as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (AR), have been increasingly used in the domains of leisure and events. The rapid integration of these technologies raises questions on their use for enhancing staged performances. In this study, employing a between-participants experimental design, we measured the impact of AR on the experience of watching a live dance performance at a staged performance venue, and its recorded version viewed in a home-like environment. Two professional dancers choreographed and performed a 9-minute contemporary dance piece, which was subsequently augmented with computer-generated AR content. We measured participants’ emotions using physiological (skin conductance) signals, and self-reports assessing overall evaluation and willingness to recommend the performance. Results indicate that the live performance was experienced more positively than the at-home experience, regardless of AR. Physiological data showed a subtle yet positive impact of AR on participants’ emotional engagement during the live performances, but not in the at-home setting. Surprisingly, self-report data revealed that watching the performance without AR was evaluated more positively than watching it with AR. This study suggests that AR has the potential to positively impact staged performance experiences, but only when its content is coherently integrated with the performance.
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