The contribution of this thesis to the field of pedestrian navigation is twofold. First, it presents four designs for visualizing an outdoor pedestrian navigation path using Augmented Reality. Second, it incorporates these four designs in a navigation system that is evaluated by a user study in the field. The system is developed for a Microsoft HoloLens head-mounted augmented reality device. The four visualizations are: (1) a red line on the ground; (2) a bird flying in the direction of movement; (3) colored cubes floating above the path, and (4) arrows pointing in the intended direction of movement, placed at decision points. Twelve test persons completed the user evaluation and provided feedback in form of a questionnaire survey and short interviews. The survey evaluated the visualizations according to a series of parameters: time to complete the navigation task, a Likert-based scale of agreement with statements concerning the trustworthiness, visibility of the route and confidence in using the system, as well as the feeling of being lost during the navigation. Furthermore, a short interview about the experience was conducted. The evaluation does not result in a statistically superior design, but the subsequent interview data provides suggestions for use cases for each visualization.     «

The contribution of this thesis to the field of pedestrian navigation is twofold. First, it presents four designs for visualizing an outdoor pedestrian navigation path using Augmented Reality. Second, it incorporates these four designs in a navigation system that is evaluated by a user study in the field. The system is developed for a Microsoft HoloLens head-mounted augmented reality device. The four visualizations are: (1) a red line on the ground; (2) a bird flying in the direction of movem...     »