THE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN  

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  

Under the provisions of the regulations for the degree  

MASTER OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN  

on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 

11:00 am – 01:00 pm  

Online

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will be held the  

Thesis DEFENSE  

for  

Zisheng Tong

Augmenting reading experience of printed media by bridging digital media on the Internet

Advisor:  

Dr. Hyunjoo Oh, Assistant Professor, Schools of Industrial Design     

Committee:  

Purdy Timothy G, Senior Lecturer, School of Industrial Design

Dr. Leila Aflatoony, Assistant Professor, Schools of Industrial Design  

Faculty and students are invited to attend this presentation.  

Abstract: 229 words  

Reading printed books was once the most common and crucial way to acquire information. However, compared to emerging ways of getting information via interactive technologies, there are limitations in printed media. First, the information is presented in a single way, restricted to static media such as text and images. Also, information in books published a long time ago often needs to be updated. 

This thesis investigates how to design a new reading experience using the smartphone application with AR technology. This approach combines traditional printed book reading with related digital media available on the web to improve the reading experience. That is, readers can access the latest ideas and information on the Internet where the authors and/or publishers can update the content accordingly. Through dynamic interactions with digital media, readers can have more engaging experiences.

In order to demonstrate new possibilities using the proposed method, Art history and data visualization books, “The story of art (E.H.Gombrich, 2010)” and “Factfulness” (Hans Rosling, 2017)”, are selected and seven interactive functions are applied. Then, applying the prototype, a user test with nine graduate students was conducted to validate the proposed method. The findings reflect a great potential that interactive experience using the method can improve both engagement and comprehension of the contents while critical usability issues remain. This thesis is concluded with a discussion on limitations and future work.