ARcall: Real-Time AR Communication using Smartphones and Smartglasses
Hemant Bhaskar Surale, Yu Jiang Tham, Brian A. Smith, Rajan Vaish

TL;DR
ARcall is a real-time AR communication system that enables immersive, private interactions between smartphones and smartglasses, addressing design challenges and providing insights for future AR communication development.
Contribution
The paper introduces ARcall, a novel AR communication system tailored for smartphones and smartglasses, with practical design considerations and qualitative evaluation insights.
Findings
Context priming enhances user experience.
User control over AR improves engagement.
Co-presence feeling is vital for effective communication.
Abstract
Augmented Reality (AR) smartglasses are increasingly regarded as the next generation personal computing platform. However, there is a lack of understanding about how to design communication systems using them. We present ARcall, a novel Augmented Reality-based real-time communication system that enables an immersive, delightful, and privacy-preserving experience between a smartphone user and a smartglasses wearer. ARcall allows a remote friend (Friend) to send and project AR content to a smartglasses wearer (Wearer). The ARcall system was designed with the practical limits of existing AR glasses in mind, including shorter battery life and a reduced field of view. We conduct a qualitative evaluation of the three main components of ARcall: Drop-In, ARaction, and Micro-Chat. Our results provide novel insights for building future AR-based communication methods, including, the importance of…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAugmented Reality Applications · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
