Post 4 : Summary And Potential Solutions

Challenges

There are numerous restrictions and difficulties when it comes to currently available apps and web bases during the research process. From errors to poor design, which makes consumers less inclined to utilise it and especially individuals who are going overseas or coming to the UK as international students in this field of technology.

Figure 1 : My own experience has shown me that it’s not always easy to find your way around in a new place, and that people with accents often find it difficult to communicate verbally because they can’t pronounce certain letters or read the map due to language barrier. So by having visual app would extremely ease the daily experiance (University of Hull, n.d).

Solutions

By developing an augmented reality app/web, users would be able to share their experience with their peers by sharing the link. This app/web would also aid with navigation, reducing the need for verbal communication in a country they intend to visit through the use of visual communication symbols such as instructions and universal symbols. These symbols are frequently used to represent shops or food retails. Google Live Maps offers an alternative, however it’s a little rough and doesn’t solve the challenges that tourists face when travelling. Augmented reality is increasingly relevant in the tourism business as an added experience with less resources needed, such as paper maps.

Visual Language

Compared to other theories, the brain activation pattern discovered in this study provides substantial support for the multisensory learning idea. Furthermore, the findings emphasise how crucial it is to learn vocabulary in other languages through enrichment, especially when it comes to self-performed gestures (Katja M. Mayer, Izzet B. Yildiz, Manuela Macedonia and Katharina von Kriegstein 2015).

University Of Hull

University of Hull was chosen as the testing location because, on my first visit, I found it difficult to navigate the campus with a paper map because it wasn’t up to date. It didn’t help that I had looked up the location of the major buildings on my Google Map before leaving. Since I still have trouble following directions, I just follow my classmates whenever we have to go anywhere as a class. Considering my own challenges, I believe that developing a wayfinder would help all university community members, but particularly international students.

Summary

Considering all of the difficulties people are having, a solution like AR campus wayfinder will help all users and offer capabilities that other options do not.

References

Katja M. Mayer, Izzet B. Yildiz, Manuela Macedonia and Katharina von Kriegstein 2015 Visual and Motor Cortices differentially support the translation of foreign language word. Current Biology, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 530-535.

University of Hull, n.d. Campus Map [Online] (n.d.) Available at : https://www.hull.ac.uk/editor-assets/docs/campus-map.pdf [Accessed in 30 October 2023]