Glanceable AR: Exploration of Techniques for Rapid Activation of Glanceable Information

@conference{10.1145/3485279.3485286,

title = {Exploration of Techniques for Rapid Activation of Glanceable Information in Head-Worn Augmented Reality},

author = {Feiyu Lu and Shakiba Davari and Doug Bowman},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3485279.3485286},

doi = {10.1145/3485279.3485286},

isbn = {9781450390910},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-11-09},

booktitle = {Symposium on Spatial User Interaction},

publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},

address = {Virtual Event, USA},

series = {SUI '21},

abstract = {Future augmented reality (AR) glasses may provide pervasive and continuous access 

to everyday information. However, it remains unclear how to address the issue of virtual 

information overlaying and occluding real-world objects and information that are of 

interest to users. One approach is to keep virtual information sources inactive until 

they are explicitly requested, so that the real world remains visible. In this research, 

we explored the design of interaction techniques with which users can activate virtual 

information sources in AR. We studied this issue in the context of Glanceable AR, 

in which virtual information resides at the periphery of the user’s view. We proposed 

five techniques and evaluated them in both sitting and walking scenarios. Our results 

demonstrate the usability, user preference, and social acceptance of each technique, 

as well as design recommendations to achieve optimal performance. Our findings can 

inform the design of lightweight techniques to activate virtual information displays 

in future everyday AR interfaces.},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}