The Impact of Navigation Aids on Search Performance and Object Recall in Wide-Area Augmented Reality
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| author | Kumaran, Radha Kim, You-Jin Milner, Anne E Bullock, Tom Giesbrecht, Barry Höllerer, Tobias |
| author_facet | Kumaran, Radha Kim, You-Jin Milner, Anne E Bullock, Tom Giesbrecht, Barry Höllerer, Tobias |
| contents | Head-worn augmented reality (AR) is a hotly pursued and increasingly feasible contender paradigm for replacing or complementing smartphones and watches for continual information consumption. Here, we compare three different AR navigation aids (on-screen compass, on-screen radar and in-world vertical arrows) in a wide-area outdoor user study (n=24) where participants search for hidden virtual target items amongst physical and virtual objects. We analyzed participants' search task performance, movements, eye-gaze, survey responses and object recall. There were two key findings. First, all navigational aids enhanced search performance relative to a control condition, with some benefit and strongest user preference for in-world arrows. Second, users recalled fewer physical objects than virtual objects in the environment, suggesting reduced awareness of the physical environment. Together, these findings suggest that while navigational aids presented in AR can enhance search task performance, users may pay less attention to the physical environment, which could have undesirable side-effects. |
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| spellingShingle | The Impact of Navigation Aids on Search Performance and Object Recall in Wide-Area Augmented Reality Kumaran, Radha Kim, You-Jin Milner, Anne E Bullock, Tom Giesbrecht, Barry Höllerer, Tobias Human-Computer Interaction H.5.1; I.3.7; H.5.2 Head-worn augmented reality (AR) is a hotly pursued and increasingly feasible contender paradigm for replacing or complementing smartphones and watches for continual information consumption. Here, we compare three different AR navigation aids (on-screen compass, on-screen radar and in-world vertical arrows) in a wide-area outdoor user study (n=24) where participants search for hidden virtual target items amongst physical and virtual objects. We analyzed participants' search task performance, movements, eye-gaze, survey responses and object recall. There were two key findings. First, all navigational aids enhanced search performance relative to a control condition, with some benefit and strongest user preference for in-world arrows. Second, users recalled fewer physical objects than virtual objects in the environment, suggesting reduced awareness of the physical environment. Together, these findings suggest that while navigational aids presented in AR can enhance search task performance, users may pay less attention to the physical environment, which could have undesirable side-effects. |
| title | The Impact of Navigation Aids on Search Performance and Object Recall in Wide-Area Augmented Reality |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction H.5.1; I.3.7; H.5.2 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25957 |