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Chakrabarty, Biswapriyo

University of British Columbia

The worldwide adoption of social media has connected billions of individuals and has changed the way people interact with one another. As augmented reality (AR) is making its way into social media, it can potentially transform the way people communicate with each other in person as well. With the rapid advancements in AR, people are already using this technology in a multitude of ways in their day-to-day lives. However, the use of AR in social media is still limited to AR stickers and games. People have yet to see the full potential of augmented reality in social media, especially in real-time interactions. In this thesis, we investigate how people would prefer to share their personal and professional information on an AR platform in different locations. Furthermore, we collaborated with professional designers to generate design guidelines for a co-located augmented reality application named CLAR. The key findings of the design sessions included recommendations on the size, shape, and position of the elements of the user interface, the type of content to represent a user profile, data-sharing modes, communication tools, and input techniques. Based on these guidelines, we then developed a prototype application to gather feedback on the proposed system and how this application could enhance in-person communication. The study revealed that the participants gave positive feedback on the interface of the CLAR application, expressed a willingness to share information to connect with new individuals, and reported high satisfaction with the overall user experience.

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2024-06-24

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88509

Computer Science

University of British Columbia

UBCO

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/