ARrow: A Real-Time AR Rowing Coach

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2023
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The Eurographics Association
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Rowing requires physical strength and endurance in athletes as well as a precise rowing technique. The ideal rowing stroke is based on biomechanical principles and typically takes years to master. Except for time-consuming video analysis after practice, coaches currently have no means to quantitatively analyze a rower's stroke sequence and body movement. We propose ARrow, an AR application for coaches and athletes that provides real-time and situated feedback on a rower's body position and stroke. We use computer vision techniques to extract the rower's 3D skeleton and to detect the rower's stroke cycle. ARrow provides visual feedback on three levels: Tracking of basic performance metrics over time, visual feedback and guidance on a rower's stroke sequence, and a rowing ghost view that helps synchronize the body movement of two rowers. We developed ARrow in close colaboration with international rowing coaches and demonstrate its usefulness in a user study with athletes and coaches.
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CCS Concepts: Computing methodologies -> Mixed / augmented reality; Human-centered computing -> Visualization

        
@inproceedings{
10.2312:evs.20231046
, booktitle = {
EuroVis 2023 - Short Papers
}, editor = {
Hoellt, Thomas
and
Aigner, Wolfgang
and
Wang, Bei
}, title = {{
ARrow: A Real-Time AR Rowing Coach
}}, author = {
Iannucci, Elena
and
Chen, Zhutian
and
Armeni, Iro
and
Pollefeys, Marc
and
Pfister, Hanspeter
and
Beyer, Johanna
}, year = {
2023
}, publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
}, ISBN = {
978-3-03868-219-6
}, DOI = {
10.2312/evs.20231046
} }
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