Industry

AR/VR Technology

Service

Tool guide

Location

Germany

Augmented Reality Printing Guide

Challenges & Future Prospects

Challenges & Future Prospects

Goal

Implement an augmented reality (AR) treasure hunt game. The user is supposed to find hints in AR which lead to minigames which the user has to complete/win to finish the game successfully.

Requirements

It must be a mobile AR app which runs on smartphones.

The game must include the following components:
Treasures/Hints in AR etc. which the user must find to enter the minigames

Structure

Minigame 1: 2D game on smartphone GUI, without AR elements

Minigame 2: must include AR elements and image or object tracking

Minigame 3: must include AR elements, should be more „action“ related

Challenges & Future Prospects

Challenges & Future Prospects

Problem

Students in the university find PDF tutorials for printers difficult to navigate, leading to confusion and inefficiency

UX Issue

Traditional PDF guides are lengthy, complex, and not user-friendly for tech-inexperienced users.

Need

A more intuitive, easy-to-follow, and accessible tutorial format for students to simplify the printing process.

Persona

Persona

Ideation

Ideation

Minigame 1

Upload Document

Minigame 2

Recharge student card

Minigame 3

Operate printer

Implementation

Implementation

Minigame 1

2D GUI based

User Tasks

User login

Adding Document

Uploading to cloud

Minigame 2

AR element & object tracking

User Tasks

Card recharge terminal-AR element

Logging user account

Recharging card

Minigame 3

AR element, object tracking & action

User Tasks

Printer-AR element

NFC Card tap

Print Settings

Print Command

User Testing

User Testing

6 users

University students

3 Male, 3 Female

Analysis

Analysis

HARUS Questionnare

Hand-held Augmented Reality Usability Survey

Usability Score

Usability Score

3.79/7

3.79/7

Final Design

Final Design

Conclusion

Conclusion

The project simplified printing tutorials for students through a game-based solution.

HARUS highlighted issues with device usability.