Re: thoughts towards a draft AR WG charter

On 31/07/2010 00:36, Thomas Wrobel wrote:
> On 30 July 2010 09:24, Rob Manson <roBman@mob-labs.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>>>> should return (send via an IP network if it is in the cloud, retrieve if
>>>>> it is stored locally) to the user's device that digital data with which
>>>>> the trigger was previously associated (by a publisher, in the broadest
>>>>> sense of the word).
>>>>
>>>> Also "or access as a stream from a local sensor (e.g. camera or even a
>>>> VOIP connection)."
>>>>
>>>
>>> here, do you propose that the data returned or "played" can, optionally,
>>> be a real time dynamic data stream?
>>
>> Yes.
> 
> A +1 to having the mapping of a trigger to dynamicly updated data.
> 
> Wouldn't this, effectively, be mapping to a URL or IP though?
> 
> So that athlete is broadcasting his pulse to a IP/port, and the AR
> software used by a viewer has associated his position (taking from a
> logo on his tshirt) to a read-out of that data?
> 
> So a general
> <trigger> <IP/Port data source> should cover a lot of potential
> streams. Having a MIME type specified perhaps so the client knows if
> it can interpret the data being broadcast?

Hi,

Mapping specifically to IP (v4? v6?) sounds a bit... limited. Data could
be coming from any byte stream or packet stream. IPv4/v6 is a likely
candidate in an internet situation, but we shouldn't exclude local files
or things like Bluetooth in Personal Area Networks.

Regards,

Jens

Received on Tuesday, 3 August 2010 14:41:53 UTC