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http://dx.doi.org/10.7315/CDE.2016.397

A Comparative Analysis of User Experience in Home Energy Saving Awareness Using Immersive Virtual Reality and Mobile Augmented Reality  

Choi, Sung Ho (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Chonnam Nat'l Univ.)
Lee, Myoung Hun (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Chonnam Nat'l Univ.)
Lee, Jae Yeol (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Chonnam Nat'l Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering / v.21, no.4, 2016 , pp. 397-408 More about this Journal
Abstract
VR and AR are widely used in many applications to provide more immersive visualization and natural interaction for learning and experiencing virtual but realistic tasks. Energy saving is considered as one of the most important issues throughout the world in order to overcome global warming and energy crisis. In particular, the awareness of home energy saving is regarded as a first step to deal with this issue. In this paper, we suggest a new learning environment using virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) for home energy saving experience. In particular, it presents a comparative study of the user experience in home energy awareness using immersive virtual reality and mobile augmented reality. The first person user experience using immersive VR wearing head mounted display (HMD) and the third person user experience using mobile AR are implemented and systematically compared with each other in terms of the learning effect of energy saving and qualitative usability. Implementation results will be given to show the advantage and effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Keywords
Augmented reality; Virtual reality; Energy saving awareness; Learning effect; Immersive visualization;
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