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In recent years, CityWalk has been a favorite among visitors asanimmersive way of city touring. Traditional CityWalk experiences, however, lacks deep interpretation of the surroundings, andvisitorsare not able to obtain real-time historical, cultural, and architecturalbackground information easily. The rapid development of augmentedreality (AR) technology have provided CityWalk withnewinteractive approaches, enabling users to obtain augmentedinformation in real-time through smart devices. The useof ARtechnology in CityWalk applications, however, still needfurtherstudy, especially in terms of technological maturity, user interactionexperience, data synchronization, and privacy. This paper explores the application prospects of the combinationofAR and CityWalk in three aspects: technical feasibility, interactionoptimization, and content generation. First, fromthe technicalperspective, consider the latest advancements of AR, the popularityof smart devices, and the trend of market growth to describeitsfeasibility in the CityWalk scenario. Second, answeringtheinteractive requirements of CityWalk, the application of GPSandinertial navigation technology and SLAM(SimultaneousLocalization and Mapping) technology was explored to enhancetheprecision and immersion of AR navigation. Meanwhile, throughthecombination of multimodal interaction modes such as voice, vision, and gestures, the user experiences of convenience and operabilitycan be achieved. Finally, the real-time update mechanismof ARcontent based on cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) andedgecomputing is discussed to ensure the timeliness of data anduserprivacy security. In addition, user research results showthat over80% of respondents hope to experience localized ARcontent inCityWalk, with 72% willing to pay for high-quality customizedaugmented reality experiences, further validating its commercialpotential. Overall, the combination of CityWalk and AR not onlyenhancestourists' exploration experience, but also provides newpossibilities00 February 00 Keywords CityWalk，Augmented Reality (AR) Technology，User Experience，Technical Feasibility Corresponding Author Yusheng Guo 2 International Theory and Practice in Humanities and Social Sciences | www.wisvora.comfor urban tourism, cultural dissemination, and business modelinnovation. In the future, with the continuous optimizationof ARtechnology, its application in CityWalk is expected to becomeanimportant development direction for smart tourism
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