Augmented Reality and its Practical Use

Abstract: Augmented reality is the next step in human/computer interaction. The purpose of this thesis is to further investigate how this can be used to aid in navigation and exploration. This thesis presents a platform-independent framework for outdoor augmented reality. Several interfaces were developed so an evaluation could be made. These interfaces are implemented from scratch since interfaces for augmented reality is very hard to imagine or evaluate without using them. The interfaces proposed are shown to provide a completely new level of augmentation for the user, which was the goal.