Introduction:
Google Maps AR or Live View is designed to let you use augmented reality to help you navigate when walking.
It uses the camera on the rear of the phone to identify where you are, superimposing direction and details on the display, rather than just presenting you with a map.
What UI/UX items can be improved:
1. It is hard to notice the entrance.
2. To see the AR instructions you need your phone up and pointing at the street in front of you – and you can’t walk like that.
What I think they did well :
UI: Clear and high-contrast user interface
Outdoors: A replacement for a compass. Sometimes compasses in phones (especially Android phones) just aren’t that accurate and are prone to interference, so getting the initial walking direction right using only a compass can be a challenge. AR Navigation, in addition to the cool 3D visuals overlaid on a camera, really is a big help.
Indoor: When GPS doesn’t work indoors, it figure out your location and identify what floor you’re on. In the demo, it tells someone where the escalator is and to go down a level to reach their terminal.