Mobile User Experience in Augmented Reality vs. Maps Interfaces: A Case Study in Public Transportation

@inproceedings{Kamilakis2016MobileUE,
  title={Mobile User Experience in Augmented Reality vs. Maps Interfaces: A Case Study in Public Transportation},
  author={Manousos Kamilakis and Damianos Gavalas and Christos D. Zaroliagis},
  booktitle={AVR},
  year={2016}
}
This article comprises a study on user experience when interacting with different modes of mobile interfaces. Our emphasis is on application instances commonly found in mobile app stores, which utilize sensor-based augmented reality or two-dimensional zoomable maps to visualize points of interest (POIs) in the vicinity of the user. As a case study, we developed two variants of an Android application addressed to public transportation users. The application displays nearby transit stops along… 
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