Design of Android Augmented Reality (AR) game called "Public Town Art" and user evaluation of AR impact on human communication

Abstract: Humans have gone through a long journey of evolution resulting in continuous improvement of living standards through innovation and creation. But in that journey, one of the factors presenting itself as a constant barrier is social differences. It creates division among the society preventing the creation of an equitable society where every human being gets equal opportunities irrespective of their gender, belief, economical standards etc. This thesis ventures into utilising Augmented Reality (AR) games to evaluate the possibility of improving human communication and reduce social and cultural differences. Public Town Art is the AR game created for this study with simple features which are then evaluated through user questionnaire to analyse the possible influence. Both qualitative and quantitative evaluation is conducted revealing promising results with respect to usability of the game and possible impact of virtual art creation in the area of human communication.