Empirical evaluation of smartphone Augmented Reality browsers in an urban tourism destination context

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 10-31

  Yovcheva, Zornitza ^a   Buhalis, Dimitrios ^a   Gatzidis, Christos ^a   Van Elzakker, Corné P J M ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Augmented Reality; Geo referenced data; Smartphone; Tourism; Urban; Urban legibility; User centered design; Visual salience

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; COMPUTER VISION; DATA VISUALIZATION; DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LOCATION BASED SERVICES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

GEO-REFERENCED DATA; TOURISM; URBAN; URBAN LEGIBILITY; VISUAL SALIENCE;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 84928262895     PISSN: 1942390X     EISSN: 19423918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijmhci.2014040102     Document Type: Article

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