Enhanced Immersion in Augmented Reality Applications

Sammanfattning: This thesis will examine and evaluate different mechanics that could be used in games using augmented reality. Augmented reality, the technology used to integrate computer-generated images with the real world environment, allows developers to enhance a user's gaming experience.The different mechanics will focus on immersion and on user engagement and examine which of the two is more important in games. This is examined by implementing the different mechanics in an application for a Google Tango tablet. Immersion is created by letting the environment act on virtual objects, via occlusion culling. The virtual agent interacts with the real world to generate engagement. The different methods are surveyed online, and user tests performed with the application. The results showed how the concept of combining the surveyed methods of generating immersion and engagement using augmented reality was successful.