J. Edward Swan II

Objective Measures for the Effectiveness of Augmented Reality

Mark A. Livingston, Catherine Zanbaka, J. Edward Swan II, and Harvey S. Smallman. Objective Measures for the Effectiveness of Augmented Reality. In Poster Compendium, Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2005, pp. 287–288, IEEE Computer Society, March 2005.

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Abstract

Augmented reality (AR) systems present a mixture of virtual and real objects. The challenge for AR system evaluators is how to tell whether the virtual world is effective at conveying the sense of reality. Itmay never be possible or even necessary to determine whether the user is truly fooled in all situations or is merely "suspending disbelief," but one can objectively measure the effectiveness of an AR environment with a task-based approach. We present the results of our first such experiment, involving low-level perceptual tasks of recognition and depth matching.

BibTeX

@InProceedings{IEEEVR05-ear, 
  author =      {Mark A. Livingston and Catherine Zanbaka and J. Edward {Swan~II} 
                 and Harvey S. Smallman}, 
  title =       {Objective Measures for the Effectiveness of Augmented Reality}, 
  booktitle =   {Poster Compendium, Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2005}, 
  location =    {Bonn, Germany}, 
  date =        {March 12--16}, 
  month =       {March}, 
  year =        2005, 
  publisher =   {IEEE Computer Society}, 
  pages =       {287--288}, 
  abstract =    { 
Augmented reality (AR) systems present a mixture of virtual and real 
objects. The challenge for AR system evaluators is how to tell whether 
the virtual world is effective at conveying the sense of reality. 
Itmay never be possible or even necessary to determine whether the 
user is truly fooled in all situations or is merely "suspending 
disbelief," but one can objectively measure the effectiveness of an AR 
environment with a task-based approach. We present the results of our 
first such experiment, involving low-level perceptual tasks of 
recognition and depth matching. 
}, 
}