%0 Conference Proceedings
%T On the Use of Handheld Augmented Reality for Inventory Tasks: A Study with Magazine Retailers
%+ IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
%A Mitts, Peter
%A Debarba, Henrique, Galvan
%Z Part 6: Topical Section: Augmented Reality
%< avec comité de lecture
%@ 978-3-030-85622-9
%( Lecture Notes in Computer Science
%B 18th IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT)
%C Bari, Italy
%Y Carmelo Ardito
%Y Rosa Lanzilotti
%Y Alessio Malizia
%Y Helen Petrie
%Y Antonio Piccinno
%Y Giuseppe Desolda
%Y Kori Inkpen
%I Springer International Publishing
%3 Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021
%V LNCS-12932
%N Part I
%P 566-589
%8 2021-08-30
%D 2021
%R 10.1007/978-3-030-85623-6_33
%K Augmented reality
%K Handheld devices
%K User-centered design
%K User studies
%Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers
%X In this paper we investigate if handheld augmented reality, in the form of an application running on a mainstream smartphone, can serve as a practical and effective tool for inventory tasks. Taking magazine retail as an example, we have applied a user-centered design process to research, design, implement and evaluate a handheld AR application prototype. We conducted a qualitative user study at magazine retail stores, where staff responsible for magazines were interviewed ($$n=8$$n=8) and their primary magazine handling tasks observed. After an analysis of the study findings, we selected a key task as the basis for the design, implementation and test of an AR app prototype. The task consisted of collecting and registering a list of magazines for return to the distributor. We evaluated the AR app prototype in a user study ($$n=22$$n=22), where participants used it to perform the selected task. They also performed the task using the paper list currently in use, and a second, simplified app prototype, without AR features. Task performance was measured based on time and error rate. The participant’s subjective experience was also captured in the form of a post-task survey and interview. Our findings suggest that handheld AR can prove effective when used for specific, focused tasks, rather than more open-ended ones.
%G English
%Z TC 13
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-04331576/document
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-04331576/file/129320557-PDF.pdf
%L hal-04331576
%U https://inria.hal.science/hal-04331576
%~ IFIP-LNCS
%~ IFIP
%~ IFIP-TC13
%~ IFIP-INTERACT
%~ IFIP-LNCS-12932