Contextually Panned And Zoomed Augmented Reality Interactions Using Cots Heads Up Displays

Consumer of the shelf heads up displays with onboard cameras and processing power have recently become available. Evaluations of a naive implementation of video-see-through augmented reality suggest that their small display and off-axis camera presents usability problems. We panned and zoomed a composited video feed on the Google Glass device to center the augmented reality context within the display and to give the appearance of a fixed distance to the content. We pilot tested both the panned and zoomed display against a naive implementation and found that users preferred the view-stabilized version.