The project
The Library AR Project is a collaborative effort from Mandal public library and Oslo Science Library to find practical application for Augmented Reality (AR) usage in a library and see which current available platforms are suitable. Also a protoype using the chosen platform will be developed for testing.
The two functionalities we want this prototype to have are:
- Wayfinding (locating books in the library)
- Extra information on books (metadata)
We are using mobile phones as physical units (rather than eyeglasses or head mounted displays) because we see this as more practical and available at the moment (late 2018).
Evaluation of different platforms
As part of the project, we have evaluated 7 different platforms:
- AR.js
- WebXR
- 6d.ai
- ARCore
- Vuforia
- Wikitude
Read more about the platform evaluation
Blog
Check out the project blog for updates from the project and our AR prototype app.
The finished prototype
Description of the finalized app
The code
Download the code here