AR Whiteboard: An Enhanced Whiteboard Environment Fusing Digital Information and Real Space Information with Real Objects as User Interface Devices

Abstract

The purpose of this study is improving operations on whiteboard environments. Therefore, we focus attention on using real objects as user interface devices. The contents and drawing data on a whiteboard can be moved, reproduced, and reused easily with these devices. The features of our proposed whiteboard system include a SAR (Spatial Augmented Reality) and a high affinity for the working styles on a whiteboard with magnets, erasers and pointing sticks. In the evaluation experiment, the subjects were able to use the enhanced functions easily, and we obtained opinions that the system is useful for computer-supported lessons.