Remote Mobile Augmented Reality for Spatial Cognition

Yu Zhao ¹, Soumyajit Chakraborty ¹, Jeanine K. Stefanucci ², Sarah Creem-Regehr ², and Bobby Bodenheimer ^{1
1 Vanderbilt University, 2 University of Utah}

Augmented Reality (AR) experiments are typically implemented in controlled conditions that are guided by experimenters. The paucity of research on remote AR experiments leads to difficulties for many researchers when conducting remote user studies. Our work provides a preliminary investigation of spatial perception in AR via mobile devices. The initial findings suggest the use of mobile AR with smartphones for assessing and training perception is feasible and that data collection with smartphones is reliable.

I worked on the second part of this experiment which shows the results of estimating the egocentric distance of an animated avatar through mobile augmented reality display. Here is the link of the paper.