What does an Augmented Reality menu bring to the table for a Dutch restaurant?

Augmented Reality (AR) - a technology that integrates 3D virtual objects into a real environment in realtime - has recently gained a lot of attention and is expected to become a 100 billion dollar industry by 2023. Surprisingly, researchers present a different picture of AR. They wonder about the functional benefits of AR and the impact of AR...

Knowledge-based optimisation of three-dimensional city models for car navigation devices

Three-dimensional maps are deemed better for navigation purposes as they offer a larger number and more realistic navigation cues than two-dimensional maps. Improvements in two key technologies have opened the doors towards utilization of 3D maps for car navigation devices. Advances in data acquisition technologies and data processing methods...

Depth in Dedicated Mobile Device User Interfaces for Auto-Stereoscopic Displays

With the growing usage of mobile devices, manufacturers have to distinguish themselves in their devices to keep their share of the market. Most important is that the consumer is satisfied with a given brand, since then the chances are high that he will stay loyal to that brand when it is time for a new device. A consumer buys a mobile device...