Navigation Based Application with Augmented Reality and Accessibility
Sebastião Rocha, Arminda Lopes
Abstract
The implementation of adaptative applications for navigation and ubiquitous interfaces for accessibility defines a new era on spatial computing; especially on solutions that understand reacting to the environment, delivering navigation capabilities with high accuracy and utility for users. Real-time key information and awareness is presented in augmented reality (AR) by using interactive visual elements and auditive instructions. This paper describes a solution running on smartphones by using spatial computing capabilities for positional determination, tracking the user movements over the environment space. Besides the user-friendly minimalistic visual interface, the system is also able to instruct, guiding a completely blind person from a start position into a certain destination, avoiding obstacles. The communication is completely independent and uses voice recognition for accessibility capabilities.