LOD4AR: Exploring Linked Open Data with a Mobile Augmented Reality Web Application

There is a vast amount of linked open data published nowadays on the web, ranging from user-generated data to government public data. This data needs visualization and exploration tools which people can use to make sense of the data and turn it into useful and used information. Several such tools have been proposed in the past, but they are designed mostly for specialists. Augmented reality has recently emerged as an interactive medium for exploring information in the real world and is well-suited for non-specialists. We propose a demo of a mobile augmented reality application that runs in the browser and consumes and displays linked open data in a friendly manner on top of the surroundings of the user.