NRU ('near you'): Real-World Interaction with a Mobile Phone

Mathias Dahlström, Richard Lewis Jones and Marko Balabanovic
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Mathias Dahlström: lastminute.com labs, UK
Richard Lewis Jones: lastminute.com labs, UK
Marko Balabanovic: lastminute.com labs, UK

International Journal of Creative Interfaces and Computer Graphics (IJCICG), 2010, vol. 1, issue 1, 5-18

Abstract: NRU (“near you”) is a new mobile phone application for finding nearby activities. The application displays restaurants, bars, cafes, and so forth close to the user, on a display that updates as the user rotates it and moves it around his or her body, encouraging real-world interaction. This device is a simplified form of augmented reality that works on an existing consumer phone handset, combining location and orientation sensors with a touchscreen interface. In this paper, the authors explain the design of the system and the technologies involved, and share some experiences from the application’s first 6 months in operation.

Date: 2010
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