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NRU ('near you'): Real-World Interaction with a Mobile Phone

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  • Mathias Dahlström

    (lastminute.com labs, UK)

  • Richard Lewis Jones

    (lastminute.com labs, UK)

  • Marko Balabanovic

    (lastminute.com labs, UK)

Abstract

NRU (“near you”) is a new mobile phone application for finding nearby activities. The application displays restaurants, bars, cafes, and so forth close to the user, on a display that updates as the user rotates it and moves it around his or her body, encouraging real-world interaction. This device is a simplified form of augmented reality that works on an existing consumer phone handset, combining location and orientation sensors with a touchscreen interface. In this paper, the authors explain the design of the system and the technologies involved, and share some experiences from the application’s first 6 months in operation.

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  • Mathias Dahlström & Richard Lewis Jones & Marko Balabanovic, 2010. "NRU ('near you'): Real-World Interaction with a Mobile Phone," International Journal of Creative Interfaces and Computer Graphics (IJCICG), IGI Global, vol. 1(1), pages 5-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jcicg0:v:1:y:2010:i:1:p:5-18
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