WildAR: Creating a Networked AR System for "In-the-Wild" Studies

In this paper, we describe the creation, deployment and validation study of WildAR, a networked AR system that can be used to conduct user studies over long periods of time “in-the-wild”, such as in museum settings. By combining four components: an AR game platform for implicit scaffolding of interactions, a web-based platform editor for real-time control of experiment variables, an automated participatory sensing system through smartphone sensors feeding back to an online database, and virtual experiment scene re-creation in VR using the data from the sensors, WildAR enables researchers to conduct user studies in museums efficiently and effectively.