Usability in 4D AR: Visualising multi-temporal real-time geo-data in augmented reality environments

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 23-33

  Resch, Bernd ^a,b,e   Wichmann, Andreas ^c   Goell, Nicolas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d Wikitude GmbH   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D augmented reality; Real time augmented reality; Real time mobile geo app

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943641110     PISSN: 18657923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3991/ijim.v9i4.4626     Document Type: Article

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