Communication Design Quarterly Jun 2025

The AR Elephant in the Room: A Method for User Experience Research in AR Photography Apps

Kailan Sindelar ; Juliette Guido ; Kaylee Klosterman ; Brooke Wooten

Abstract

In this article, we answer questions about user experiences and responses to an augmented reality (AR) app that represents "real" animals that users can photograph with themselves or in their world. We analyze user interview data and photography to see if and how participants think about care for these animals after playing the app. We found that participants only discussed care in regard to information presented to them outside of the photography mechanic and often created distancing narratives when using the photography mechanic. In response to these findings, we present design takeaways for future AR designers and potential applicability of our method to the field. Additionally, we present the methods that we developed in this study for more general AR photography research.

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2025-06-01
DOI
10.1145/3718970.3718973
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multimodality technical communication

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