Tablet versus Phone: Depth Perception in Handheld Augmented Reality

Arindam Dey; Graeme Jarvis; Christian Sandor; Gerhard Reitmayr

doi:10.1109/ISMAR.2012.6402556

Tablet versus Phone: Depth Perception in Handheld Augmented Reality

Arindam Dey
, Graeme Jarvis
, Christian Sandor
, Gerhard Reitmayr

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Augmented Reality (AR) applications on mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers have become increasingly popular. In this paper, for the first time in the AR domain, we present: (1) the influence of different handheld displays and (2) the exocentric depth perception. Unlike egocentric depth perception, exocentric depth perception has not been investigated in AR.
We have selected a suitable vision-based tracking method for our user studies based on a set of evaluations. Then we have investigated the effect of display size and resolution through two user studies. One study investigated the effect of different displays on egocentric depth perception. The other study investigated the effect of displays on exocentric and ordinal depth perception.
Interestingly, we noticed depth compression is less when using a mobile phone, while participants subjectively preferred a tablet. A similar effect was also noticed in exocentric depth perception. The tablet provided significantly better ordinal depth perception and faster response time than the mobile phone. In both of the studies, we found no effect of the AR X-ray visualization on depth perception. Both egocentric and exocentric distances were underestimated. © 2012 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) - Science And Technology
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	187-196
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467346627, 9781467346610
ISBN (Print)	9781467346603
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR.2012.6402556
Publication status	Published - Nov 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2012) - Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: 5 Nov 2012 → 8 Nov 2012 http://ismar2013.vgtc.org/ismar/2012/info/ismar-welcome/welcome.html

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Name	International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
ISSN (Print)	1554-7868

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Conference	11th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2012)
Abbreviated title	ISMAR 2012
Place	United States
City	Atlanta, GA
Period	5/11/12 → 8/11/12
Internet address	http://ismar2013.vgtc.org/ismar/2012/info/ismar-welcome/welcome.html

Research Keywords

Augmented Reality
Depth Perception
Handheld Displays
Outdoor Environment
User Evaluation
X-ray Visualization

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Dey, A, Jarvis, G, Sandor, C & Reitmayr, G 2012, Tablet versus Phone: Depth Perception in Handheld Augmented Reality. in 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) - Science And Technology., 6402556, International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 187-196, 11th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2012), Atlanta, GA, United States, 5/11/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR.2012.6402556

Tablet versus Phone: Depth Perception in Handheld Augmented Reality. / Dey, Arindam; Jarvis, Graeme; Sandor, Christian et al.
2012 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) - Science And Technology. IEEE, 2012. p. 187-196 6402556 (International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality).

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