AR-Luft

Bachelor’s thesis prototype

2022.04. – 2022.09.

Development of an interactive AR display of the Berlin Air Quality Monitoring Network data

Data visualization with AR in an educational context | Android

Technologies: Unity, C#, AR Foundation, MapBox, Blender, Rest-API, JSON

In the context of this work, a prototypical application was created that visualizes the Berlin air quality data retrieved from the Berlin Air Quality Monitoring Network (Berliner Luftgüte-Messnetzes, BLUME) using augmented reality. The goal was to introduce the younger generation to BLUME as an organization and its tasks. The prototype developed, AR-Luft, is aimed at young people between 10 and 15 years of age and is to be used as support for class trips or theme days.

AR-Luft contains three views: a 2D map view and two visualizations in AR. In the map view, the locations of the BLUME measuring stations are displayed. A list of pollutants measured there is displayed by selecting a station from which one can pick a station. There begins the first AR experience, which aims to collect pollutant particles. Finally, the temporal development of the pollutant measurements of all measuring stations is displayed in a 3D graph. Both views were created using the Rest API of BLUME was used to create them. The Unity project is published as open-source code on GitHub, where it can be downloaded. An APK can be provided under request.

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