TY  - JOUR
TI  - Exploring usability tests to evaluate  designers’ interaction with mobile  augmented reality application for  conceptual architectural design
AB  - Architectural design could be defined as a process in which the information  about various aspects of a design object is produced at different stages, then shared between relevant stakeholders. For the early stages of the architectural design, in order to carry out an efficient and productive design process, and create comprehensive solutions to design problems, novel digital tools have to be developed. Digital become omnipresent in the contemporary architectural practice. Even though very complex design ideas could not be realized without the help of the Computer-aided Design (CAD) tools, some may argue that the idea generation is hindered by the employment of them during the early phases. With the idea of containing the essence of analogue tools, we propose an Augmented Reality (AR) application for architects to explore 3D mass geometries in a similar immediacy and ease of designing with a pen-paper. In this paper, we present and discus the validity of two chosen usability scales System Usability Scale (SUS) and Handheld Augmented Reality Usability Scale (HARUS) measuring comprehensibility of the developed AR application (MimAR). The results of the preliminary study shows that the chosen measurement methods provide a similar tendency of scores. The findings of this study suggests that the comprehensibility of the MimAR appli cation still needs improvement, and yet the usability of the application could be considered above the acceptable threshold.
AU  - GÜL, Leman Figen
AU  - DURMAZOĞLU, Mahmut Çağdaş
DO  - 10.5505/itujfa.2022.90688
PY  - 2022
JO  - A|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
SN  - 2564-7474
SP  - 225
EP  - 242
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1125863
ER  -