TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schickler, Marc
A1  - Reichert, Manfred
A1  - Geiger, Philip
A1  - Winkler, Jens
A1  - Funk, Thomas
A1  - Weilbach, Micha
A1  - Pryss, Rüdiger
T1  - Flexible development of location-based mobile augmented reality applications with AREA
BT  - Implementation of a serious game shows the flexibility of AREA
JF  - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
N2  - Mobile applications have garnered a lot of attention in the last years. The computational capabilities of mobile devices are the mainstay to develop completely new application types. The provision of augmented reality experiences on mobile devices paves one alley in this field. For example, in the automotive domain, augmented reality applications are used to experience, inter alia, the interior of a car by moving a mobile device around. The device’s camera then detects interior parts and shows additional information to the customer within the camera view. Another application type that is increasingly utilized is related to the combination of serious games with mobile augmented reality functions. Although the latter combination is promising for many scenarios, technically, it is a complex endeavor. In the AREA (Augmented Reality Engine Application) project, a kernel was implemented that enables location-based mobile augmented reality applications. Importantly, this kernel provides a flexible architecture that fosters the development of individual location-based mobile augmented reality applications. The work at hand shows the flexibility of AREA based on a developed serious game. Furthermore, the algorithm framework and major features of it are presented. As the conclusion of this paper, it is shown that mobile augmented reality applications require high development efforts. Therefore, flexible frameworks like AREA are crucial to develop respective applications in a reasonable time.
KW  - Mobile augmented reality
KW  - Location-based algorithms
KW  - Mobile application engineering
KW  - Serious game
KW  - Mobile augmented reality game
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-232773
SN  - 1868-5137
VL  - 11
ER  -