A COMPARATIVE USABILITY EVALUATION OF TWO AUGMENTED REALITY LEARNING SCENARIOS

Alexandru Balog, Costin Pribeanu

2008

Abstract

Augmented Reality (AR) systems are featuring novel interaction techniques which are mainly driven by the possibilities to manipulate specific real objects. The interaction components have to be tested with users as early as possible in the development cycle in order to avoid usability problems. This paper reports on a comparative analysis of the usability evaluation results for two AR-based learning scenarios. The purpose of the evaluation was twofold: (a) getting an early feedback from users on the first version of the software, and (b) comparing the usability of two learning scenarios developed onto the same AR platform. The comparison has been performed between both quantitative and qualitative measures collected during a summer school.

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Balog A. and Pribeanu C. (2008). A COMPARATIVE USABILITY EVALUATION OF TWO AUGMENTED REALITY LEARNING SCENARIOS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-60-9, pages 370-375. DOI: 10.5220/0001934003700375


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@conference{sigmap08,
author={Alexandru Balog and Costin Pribeanu},
title={A COMPARATIVE USABILITY EVALUATION OF TWO AUGMENTED REALITY LEARNING SCENARIOS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={370-375},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001934003700375},
isbn={978-989-8111-60-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2008)
TI - A COMPARATIVE USABILITY EVALUATION OF TWO AUGMENTED REALITY LEARNING SCENARIOS
SN - 978-989-8111-60-9
AU - Balog A.
AU - Pribeanu C.
PY - 2008
SP - 370
EP - 375
DO - 10.5220/0001934003700375