The finalized app
Here we describe the final version of the AR Libray Project’s app and its practical use in the library.
The physical items used in the app
We took pictures of covers of four books, and created three location targets for three collections.
The books
The books we chose are books from three different collections, sharing at least one subject heading. These books are:
Title | Author | Collection | Subject headings |
---|---|---|---|
Sapiens | Yuval Noah Harari | 42 Collection | Human evolution, Society, Human behavior |
Homo Deus | Yuval Noah Harari | 42 Collection | Futurology, Society, Human behavior |
Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | Scifi Collection | Futurology, Society, Human behavior |
Human Biology | Sara Stinson et al. (editors) | Main Book Collection | Human evolution, Human genetics, Human biology |
The collections
These targets which we called AR Light Houses are located next to a collection which can be scanned to get collection information, book shelf location and direction to other collections.
This a typical placement of an AR Light House next to the 42 Collection:
The collections the books were chosen from are:
Collection name | Approx. size | Type |
---|---|---|
42 Collection | 5000 | Popular science, philosphy of science, history of science |
Main Book Collection | 8000 | Natural science |
SciFi Collection | 10000 | Science fiction |
Overview of app functionality
The main functionality of the app is to give the user:
- AR collection information:
- Decription of collection
- Wayfinding to collection of interest
- Shelf location of book of interest
- AR Book information:
- Sleeve description
- Related books - similar books that share at least one subject heading
- More books - more books from same author
- Video (as file on server or from Youtube)
- Wikipedia
Expected procedure using the app is as follows:
- User gets information about the collection from an AR Light House:
- After finding a book of interest, the user scans the book with the app and gets AR metadata information:
- After finding a related book from the AR metadata, the user scans the AR Light House again and gets directions to the location of related book:
- Arriving at the collection, the user scans this collection’s AR Light House and gets shelf location of related book:
Demonstration video
We have a Youtube video demonstrating actual use of the prototype.
Screenshots
These are four screenshots of the functioning prototype:
- Scanning book cover displaying metadata available for the book (Sapiens by Yuval Harari).
- Browsing related books.
- Getting directions to a different collection containing related book (Brave New World is in the Scifi Collection).
- Arriving at the Scifi Collection getting information about the collection and shelf location of book.
Blog
- Read our blog on how we developed the app.
Downloads
- Download the app
- Download target images (the book covers and AR Light Houses)