Title: An intelligent and interactive AR-based location identifier for indoor navigation

Authors: Shriram K. Vasudevan; Karthik Venkatachalam; Harii Shree; Rani B. Keerthana; G. Priyadarshini

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India ' Department of Information Technology, M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, Tamilnadu, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract: Augmented reality (AR) has been in existence for about five decades. But, the techniques for implementing this technology are developing only in the recent past. We have built an application using AR techniques with android. We combined global positioning system and AR to build an application for indoor navigation. Though other applications like Google maps exist for navigation, our application offers the users more ease and attractiveness with AR. The data for particular location is being stored in the form of latitude, longitude and altitude in the cloud. When a user visits a location for the first time, the geo location details are entered and stored in cloud. Next time, when the same user visits the location or when a new user visits, the stored information gets displayed about the location. The location details are updated as and when a new location is identified. These location details are displayed in the form of markers through the camera which has been integrated into the application.

Keywords: augmented reality; AR; android application development; global positioning system; GPS; geo location; location; location manager; indoor navigation; cloud computing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAIP.2020.104105

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, 2020 Vol.15 No.1, pp.32 - 50

Received: 31 May 2016
Accepted: 13 Sep 2016
Published online: 14 Dec 2019 *

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