Augmented Reality (AR) can seamlessly combine a real scene viewed by a user and a virtual component generatedby a computer. This work introduces a system architecture integrating augmented reality technology with state-of-artcomputer vison techniques such as image semantic segmentation and style colorization. The proposed productionsystem, ARNature, is able to superimpose a virtual scene, audio, and other enhancements in real time over a realworldenvironment for enhancing tourism experience.ARNature: A lot times, tourists have limited money and time to experience a tourist site during different seasons orweather conditions. The visitors are able to go on an augmented reality journey using an AR device, such as HoloLens,tablet or cellphones, and interact with real objects in a natural scene. Different enhancements of a tourism site aredigitally overlaid onto visitors’ direct field of vision in real time. In addition, a voice module can be used to play musicand provide additional information. Related algorithms, system design, and simulation results for a prototypeARNature system are presented. Furthermore, a no-reference image quality measure, Naturalness Image QualityEvaluator (NIQE), was utilized to evaluate the immersiveness and naturalness of ARNature. The results demonstratethat ARNature has the ability to enhance tourist experience in a truly immersive manner.
展开▼
