Accepted for/Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Date Submitted: Sep 14, 2018
Open Peer Review Period: Sep 19, 2018 - Oct 27, 2018
Date Accepted: Jan 7, 2019
(closed for review but you can still tweet)
An Argument against Cross-Platform Development: Lessons from an Augmented Reality App Prototype for Rural Emergency Responders
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Mobile augmented reality (MAR) applications offer support for emergency responders in rural areas. We describe the lessons learned from the development process of AR MAPPER, a MAR app that provides emergency responders onsite information about the agricultural operation they enter.
Methods:
Cross-platform frameworks were used to create AR MAPPER to accommodate budget constraints and overcome issues with markerless MAR technologies. While the single codebase and web technologies streamlined development, cross-device hardware limitations impacted location accuracy, lengthened the development cycle, and required regular updates to third-party libraries. Lessons learned: Developers should consider single platform native development to benefit from platform-specific MAR implementations and to avoid development and testing costs associated with cross-platform implementation. Emergency response organizations may be more likely to utilize a single platform across their devices, reducing the benefit of cross-platform development. Furthermore, providing map-based, non-AR cross-platform applications for landowners, farmers, and ranchers would help improve and maintain data quality.
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