Chapter 8

Planning Your Augmented Reality Project

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Learning how to plan your augmented reality project

check Discovering design principles to follow for augmented reality experiences

check Understanding best practices for augmented reality projects

Augmented reality (AR) has existed for some time, but the field is just now starting to be pushed forward at consumer scale. This is a great time to be entering the AR marketplace — it’s wide open and in need of innovators! Nearly everyone is starting at square one. We’re all on the learning curve together. However, it also means that there are few successful AR projects or applications to look to for best practices concerning how to approach building a successful AR app. But they are there. By analyzing some of the existing research around AR and various AR applications, a number of standards and best practices can be observed.

This chapter helps you plan your AR application and offers some best practices for developing your application. Use it as a set of guidelines, but don’t be afraid to experiment on your own to find out what you think makes a great AR application. You may stumble across a new best practice for AR, or you may ...

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