Implementation of Gamified Navigation and Location Mapping Using Augmented Reality

Abstract

From hand-drawn maps, and compass to technology-based navigation systems, people have always relied on some kind of tool to help them reach their destination. At present, there are a lot of people equipped with a smartphone which has become a part of the daily life. These smartphones have applications such as Google maps which makes use of the GPS technology to facilitate navigation in the outdoor environment. It provides a great deal of accuracy to reach our destination but the same cannot be said for indoor navigation. Indoor navigation systems are still under research and development. The present indoor navigation systems use the existing technologies such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RFID, and Computer Vision for navigating through the indoor environment. In this paper, we point out some of the issues of the existing technologies for indoor navigation and propose a method for indoor navigation using the Augmented Reality technology and ARCore.