Semantic World Models for Ubiquitous Augmented Reality

Proceedings of Workshop towards Semantic Virtual Environments' (SVE 2005)

SVE 2005, Villars, Schwitzerland

Augmented reality (AR) applications use geometric models as a central component of their operation. Both rendering and interaction require a detailed knowledge of the environment and the objects to be visualized. Usually such models are created especially for a single application and provide exactly the required information. With the combination of AR and ubiquitous computing more complex requirements for such models are appearing. In this paper we describe our experimental prototypes of semantic data models for ubiquitous augmented reality applications and discuss some further research directions and approaches to such world models.
Keywords: augmented reality, semantic data models, location based services, ubiquitous computing

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