Camera-view augmented reality: Overlaying navigation instructions on a real-time view of the road

• NCJ Number: 305838
• Author(s): S. Tarek Shahriar ; Andrew L. Kun
• Date Published: 2018
• Length: 9 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2009-D1-BX-K021
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (2018), Pages 146–154

Annotation

This paper examines whether drivers would be well-served with a navigation aid that overlays augmented reality (AR) content on a live feed from a camera that shows the forward road.

Abstract

To answer this question, the authors conducted a simulator-based study and compared the use of such a navigation aid to the use of a head-up AR aid, as well as to the use of 2D map shown on a head-down display. The results confirm prior results that a head-up AR navigation aid can keep drivers' visual attention on the road, and that drivers like such a navigation aid. The results also indicate that a camera-view AR navigation aid might not be well-received by drivers. (Publisher abstract provided)