A Document Browser Based on a Book-Style Interface with Augmented Reality

We propose a document browsing method based on a book-style interface usable in a normal office environment. Augmented reality (AR) technology is applied to realize an easy-to-use interface. In the proposed method, documents and multi-media contents are projected on a real booklet including an AR marker printed on each page. Users can feel that they are reading a book consisting of document files, presentation files, movies, and images. Furthermore, we utilize the motion sensor Kinect to recognize the users' gestures. The detected gestures can be used to activate some functions such as picking a page up and placing it in a real work space. In this paper, we describe the proposed book-style interface, its implementation method, and evaluate and discuss the effectiveness of the proposed method.