measuring effects before and after certain
mobility plans in a neighbourhood.
Especially for the development of the presented AQ
Augmented Reality app, the CS involvement is
crucial and very helpful. We were able to receive
immediate feedback from end users in every stage of
the development, starting with the requirements, the
first prototype until the final application.
6 CONCLUSION
The presented Augmented Reality app offers for the
first time a real-time visualization of air quality and
traffic data based on publicly available environmental
DIY sensor data. The overall framework of DEVA
followed a flexible and dynamic software concept,
which can easily be extended with additional
functionality according to the user needs and the
availability of new sensor data. For example,
inclusion of gamification elements could be deployed
in future versions, to increase the attractiveness and
joy of the app, especially for the younger audience.
The main contribution of this paper is the proposition
of three different kind of visualizations for 3D data in
the 3D AR space. Thanks to the H2020 project
COMPAIR, the development of the different
prototypes was continuously accompanied by project
partners. Hence, the UI design, the necessary
functionalities are a result of in-depth testing and
evaluation thanks to the CS-based nature of the
project. The app will be made available to the public
by middle of 2024 on app stores.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The research presented in this paper has received
financial support from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 Program COMPAIR under grant agreement no.
101036563.
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