A Transitional AR Furniture Arrangement System with Automatic View Recommendation

Augmented Reality furniture arrangement systems are useful for viewing room or building layouts without having to buy or move real furniture. However, such systems often require users to physically and frequently change their viewpoint of the physical space, which requires manual manipulation of the scene, and are often limited to 2D tablet or phone interfaces. To help address this problem, we have developed a system that automatically calculates the most suitable viewpoint to improve understanding of the room layout as a whole, and allows the user to easily transition to that viewpoint in a head mounted display (HMD) with minimal interaction. Experimental results show that users can grasp the layout more easily with our system compared to a conventional AR interface.