NDLI: The Argon AR Web Browser and standards-based AR application environment

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	MacIntyre, Blair Hill, Alex Rouzati, Hafez Gandy, Maribeth Davidson, Brian
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Research Network Operations Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 (Davidson, Brian) \|\| Interactive Media Technology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 (Gandy, Maribeth) \|\| Augmented Environments Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 (MacIntyre, Blair; Hill, Alex; Rouzati, Hafez)
Abstract	A common vision of Augmented Reality (AR) is that of a person immersed in a diverse collection of virtual information, superimposed on their view of the world around them. If such a vision is to become reality, an ecosystem for AR must be created that satisfies at least these properties: multiple sources (or channels of interactive information) must be able to be simultaneously displayed and interacted with, channels must be isolated from each other (for security and stability), channel authors must have the flexibility to design the content and interactivity of their channel, and the application must fluidly integrate with the ever-growing cloud of systems and services that define our digital lives. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of the Argon AR Web Browser and describe our vision of an AR application environment that leverages the WWW ecosystem. We also describe KARML, our extension to KML (the spatial markup language for Google Earth and Maps), that supports the functionality required for mobile AR. We combine KARML with the full range of standard web technologies to create a standards-based web browser for mobile AR. KARML lets users develop 2D and 3D content using existing web technologies and facilitates easy deployment from standard web servers. We highlight a number of projects that have used Argon and point out the ways in which our web-based architecture has made previously impractical AR concepts possible.
Starting Page	65
Ending Page	74
File Size	1445804
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457721830
e-ISBN	9781457721854
e-ISBN	9781457721847
DOI	10.1109/ISMAR.2011.6092371
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-10-26
Publisher Place	Switzerland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Argon Mobile communication Browsers Three dimensional displays Computer architecture HTML Service oriented architecture web-based architecture augmented reality
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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