[DC] Leveraging AR Cues towards New Navigation Assistant Paradigm

Abstract

Extensive research has shown that the knowledge required to navigate an unfamiliar environment has been greatly reduced as many of the planning and decision-making tasks can be supplanted by the use of automated navigation systems. The progress in augmented reality (AR), particularly AR head-mounted displays (HMDs) foreshadows the prevalence of such devices as computational platforms of the future. AR displays open a new design space on navigational aids for solving this problem by superimposing virtual imagery over the environment. This dissertation abstract proposes a research agenda that investigates how to effectively leverage AR cues to help both navigation efficiency and spatial learning in walking scenarios.