Pedestrian navigation with augmented reality, voice and digital map: final results from an in situ field study assessing performance and user experience

Journal of Location Based Services

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-96

  Rehrl, Karl ^a   Häusler, Elisabeth ^a   Leitinger, Sven ^a   Bell, Daniel ^b  

^a SALZBURG RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b FACTUM OHG   (Austria)

Author keywords

augmented reality; digital map; in situ field study; pedestrian navigation; voice

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NASA; SMARTPHONES; SPEECH;

DIGITAL MAP; ELECTRONIC ASSISTANCE; FIELD STUDIES; NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE; PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM USABILITY; TASK COMPLETION TIME;

USER EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84926255935     PISSN: 17489725     EISSN: 17489733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489725.2014.946975     Document Type: Article

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