Context
Urban navigation.
Design concept
Make walking directions easier. The user points their phone’s cameras at their surroundings and machine learning will identify the landmarks based on Street View imagery to pinpoint their location. It can then more accurately identify position and orientation, giving directions over the real world. The technical concept is called global localization.
Experiential qualities and related concepts
Control, fluency, locative serendipity, overview, place-specific, trustworthy, visibility.
Augmentation modality
Visual.
Technical options
Smartphone, Visual Positioning Service, Street View.
Prototyping techniques
Third-person techniques.
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