Abstract
There have been numerous works proposed to merge augmented reality/mixed reality (AR/MR) and Internet of Things (IoT) in various ways. However, they have focused on their specific target applications and have limitations on interoperability or reusability when utilizing them to different domains or adding other devices to the system. This paper proposes a novel architecture of a convergence platform for AR/MR and IoT systems and services. The proposed architecture adopts the oneM2M IoT standard as the basic framework that converges AR/MR and IoT systems and enables the development of application services used in general-purpose environments without being subordinate to specific systems, domains, and device manufacturers. We implement the proposed architecture utilizing the open-source oneM2M-based IoT server and device platforms released by the open alliance for IoT standards (OCEAN) and Microsoft HoloLens as an MR device platform. We also suggest and demonstrate the practical use cases and discuss the advantages of the proposed architecture.
Highlights
The Internet of Things (IoT) has made the world smarter, is continuously evolving, and has pervaded all aspects of life, being more innovative in homes [1,2,3], factories [4,5,6], cities [7,8], and so on
We proposed the oneM2M-based convergence platform, called M2MR, to operate augmented reality/mixed reality (AR/Mixed reality (MR)) and IoT systems and services in general-purpose application environments without being subordinate to specific systems, domains, and device manufacturers
The M2MR platform has been implemented utilizing the open-source oneM2M-based IoT server and device platforms and Microsoft HoloLens as an MR device platform. It was validated for three practical cases where IoT and Augmented reality (AR)/MR are involved together and showed the potential efficacy for future use of AR/MR and IoT integration
Summary
The Internet of Things (IoT) has made the world smarter, is continuously evolving, and has pervaded all aspects of life, being more innovative in homes [1,2,3], factories [4,5,6], cities [7,8], and so on. IoT has been developed based on standards that interconnect several heterogeneous systems and services, while AR/MR ones are being developed for specific applications tightly coupled with those devices, primarily head mounted displays (HMDs) developed by various vendors in their own ways. These different characteristics between the development processes of IoT and AR/MR may cause interoperability problems when combined and served for common applications [10,11]. We propose a novel architecture of oneM2M-based convergence platform for AR/MR and IoT systems and services to solve interoperability and reusability problems that existing studies have.
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