Augmented Reality in the presentation of city monuments: a case study of “Bielsko-Biała AR guide” mobile application

• Autorzy: Szombara Stanisław , Zontek Małgorzata

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.4467/21995923GP.21.003.14974

Warianty tytułu

PL

Rozszerzona rzeczywistość w prezentacji zabytków miasta: aplikacja „Bielsko-Biała przewodnik AR”, studium przypadku

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Augmented Reality (AR) is one of the modern technologies used for sharing 3D geospatial data. This article presents possible ways of enriching a mobile application containing information about 50 objects located in the city of Bielsko-Biała with an AR functionality. The application was created in two programs: Android Studio and Unity. The application allows to get to know historical objects of the city, encourages to visit them by adding virtual elements observed in the background of a real-time camera image from a mobile device. The article presents the statistics of the application usage and the results of a survey conducted among a group of testers. Feedback from application testers confirms the validity of using AR technology in the application.

PL

Rzeczywistość Rozszerzona (Augmented Reality – AR) jest jedną z nowoczesnych technologii wykorzystywanych do udostępniania danych przestrzennych 3D. W artykule przedstawiono możliwe sposoby wzbogacenia aplikacji mobilnej o funkcjonalność AR. Aplikacja zawiera informacje o 50 obiektach zlokalizowanych na terenie miasta Bielska-Białej i została stworzona w dwóch programach: Android Studio oraz Unity. Aplikacja pozwala na poznanie zabytkowych obiektów miasta oraz zachęca do ich zwiedzania poprzez dodanie wirtualnych elementów obserwowanych w czasie rzeczywistym na tle obrazu z kamery urządzenia mobilnego. W artykule przedstawiono statystyki użytkowania aplikacji oraz wyniki ankiety przeprowadzonej wśród grupy testerów. Informacje zwrotne od testerów aplikacji potwierdzają zasadność zastosowania technologii AR w aplikacji.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Augmented Reality; interactive maps; Android; Unity

PL

Rozszerzona Rzeczywistość; mapy interaktywne; Android; Unity

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Czasopismo: Geoinformatica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: T. 20
• Strony: 31--40
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Szombara Stanisław

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0205-7823

autor

Zontek Małgorzata

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-7698

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