The Implementation of Indoor Navigation Using Augmented Reality to Enhance Users Experience (UX)

Nowadays, the Global Positioning System (GPS) is used in outdoor environments as a navigation system, but there is still a need for an indoor navigation system. Thus, this paper describes a proposed application that uses the augmented reality (AR) navigation system and creates a virtual character as guidance in a real-world view. The focus is on how the user can follow a virtual character to reach the desired indoor destination. The proposed method supports indoor and outdoor environments using a computer vision system to identify places. The application uses AR to render points of interest and navigation paths in the camera view. It has been found that AR provides a unique user interface for mobile applications that create human-computer interaction (HCI); therefore, smartphones are starting to embrace this HCI. The merge of AR, computer vision, and navigation technology will provide opportunities to adopt and develop new felids to create a new user experience. Navigation has been integrated with AR to enhance navigation usage. Besides that, adding a virtual character improved the user experience. As a result of using the proposed application, users reached their destinations interactively and enjoyably.