Walking with Adaptive Augmented Reality Workspaces: Design and Usage Patterns

Mobile augmented reality may eventually replace our smartphones as the primary way of accessing information on the go. However, current interfaces provide little support to walking and to the variety of actions we perform in the real world. To achieve its full potential, augmented reality interfaces must support the fluid way we move and interact in the physical world. We explored how different adaptation strategies can contribute towards this goal. We evaluated design alternatives through contextual studies and identified the key interaction patterns that interfaces for walking should support. We also identified desirable properties of adaptation-based interface techniques, which can be used to guide the design of the next-generation walking-centered augmented reality workspaces.