Augmented reality assisted localization for indoor navigation on embedded computing platform

Abstract

This paper presents an alternative navigation tool that can be used in indoor environment. This is due to restrictions on GPS signals that cannot be detected in indoor locations. The work presented here shows the development of an interactive indoor localization system that uses live input video capture and can identify location markers to indicate its current location. In addition, augmented reality is also used to superimpose augmented reality objects above the location markers to indicate the direction to be taken by the user, which assists the user in navigating to the chosen destination. The developed system was implemented on a Raspberry Pi, an embedded computing platform, with a USB camera and display glasses for the live video capture and display devices respectively. It was tested in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS' Information Resource Center, across multiple locations and different floors of the center.