The SpaceStation App: Design and Evaluation of an AR Application for Educational Television

Simon Von Der Au, Leon Giering, Christina Schneegass, Markus Ludwig

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Abstract

Due to the rising popularity of streaming services, television networks are experiencing pressure to keep the attention of the younger audience. Especially in the field of Edutainment, platforms like YouTube or TED are serious competitors and require broadcasters to come up with novel ideas to engage viewers in their program. In this work, we present the augmented reality (AR) SpaceStation application, designed to supplement the viewing of educational videos about the ISS. We evaluated users' experience during the interaction with the app in a within-subject user study (N = 31) and assessed their workload. During the interaction with the SpaceStation App, participants experienced a higher workload compared to a video-only condition; nonetheless, they considered AR a valuable and enjoyable addition. This paper concludes with a discussion from the perspectives of viewers, content creators, and hosts, and states initial ideas on how to design television programs with AR content, without creating information overload.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIMX 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages24-33
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781450379762
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences, IMX 2020 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 17 Jun 202019 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameIMX 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences

Conference

Conference2020 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences, IMX 2020
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period17/06/2019/06/20

Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • Educational Television
  • Edutainment
  • Learning

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