Kim, H. Kim, T. Lee, M. Kim, G.J. Hwang, J.-I. 2024-01-19T09:09:07Z 2024-01-19T09:09:07Z 2022-03-07 2020-11 0000-0000 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/113584 In this paper, we applied the concept of diminished reality to remove content-irrelevant pedestrian (i.e., real object) in the context of handheld augmented reality (AR). We prepared three view conditions: in Transparent (TP) condition, we removed the pedestrian entirely; in Semi-transparent (STP) condition, the pedestrian became semi-transparent; lastly, in Default (DF) condition, the pedestrian appeared as is. We conducted a user study to compare the effects of the three conditions on users' engagement and perception of a virtual pet in the AR content. Our findings revealed that users felt less distracted to the AR content in TP and STP conditions, compared to the DF condition. Furthermore, users felt the virtual pet as more life-like, its behavior more plausible, and felt a higher spatial presence in the real environment, in the TP condition. ？ 2020 ACM. English Association for Computing Machinery Don't Bother Me: How to Handle Content-Irrelevant Objects in Handheld Augmented Reality Conference 10.1145/3385956.3418948 1 26th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2020 26th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2020 US Virtual 2020-11-01 Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2-s2.0-85095855510