Title
An Augmented Reality Interface to Contextual Information
Abstract
In this paper, we report on a prototype augmented reality (AR) platform for accessing abstract information in real-world pervasive computing environments. Using this platform, objects, people, and the environment serve as contextual channels to more information. The user’s interest with respect to the environment is inferred from eye movement patterns, speech, and other implicit feedback signals, and these data are used for information filtering. The results of proactive context-sensitive information retrieval are augmented onto the view of a handheld or head-mounted display or uttered as synthetic speech. The augmented information becomes part of the user’s context, and if the user shows interest in the AR content, the system detects this and provides progressively more information. In this paper, we describe the first use of the platform to develop a pilot application, Virtual Laboratory Guide, and early evaluation results of this application.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/s10055-010-0183-5
International Journal of Virtual Reality
Keywords
Field
DocType
augmented reality
Contextual information,Computer science,Augmented reality,Computer-mediated reality,Human–computer interaction,Mixed reality,Multimedia
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
2-3
1434-9957
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
0.88
14
Authors
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Antti Ajanki1704.98
Mark Billinghurst25357542.78
Hannes Gamper36110.76
Toni Järvenpää4272.53
Melih Kandemir518216.91
Samuel Kaski62755245.52
Markus Koskela760159.43
Mikko Kurimo890893.37
Jorma Laaksonen91162176.93
Kai Puolamaki10372.92
Teemu Ruokolainen11567.45
Timo Tossavainen12205.37