Accelerating Data Loading for Photo-Based Augmented Reality on Web Browser

A photo-based augmented reality (Photo AR) system is an AR system that uses photographic images instead of computer graphics of three-dimensional models. Photo AR can display realistic AR views to users, but it requires large disk space due to its many images. Although all images can be significantly compressed into one video format file, the decoding and memory storage process are time-consuming. In this study, we propose a method to accelerate data loading for Photo AR operating on a web browser in a mobile device. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.