An Augmented Reality Mobile Navigation System Supporting Indoor Positioning and Group Communication Functions

In recent years, with the increasing popularity of smart mobile devices, more and more famous museums and scholars have actively thrown themselves into the research of mobile navigation systems. However, the functions provided still limited. In this paper, a mobile navigation system combined with augmented reality, RFID indoor positioning and group communication functions is proposed. This system is able to use a mobile device to provide real-time analysis on exhibits, demonstrate various multimedia and 3D navigation information, and utilize an active RFID indoor positioning mechanism to enable the user to determine their real-time position, which is convenient for finding interesting exhibits or exhibition areas. In addition, this system supports group communication and information sharing functions, allowing the user to simultaneously communicate and share navigation information with group members without the need to talk loudly to achieve an efficient group navigation mode. Keywords—Augmented Reality, Mobile Navigation, Indoor Positioning, Group communication.