Re: thoughts towards a draft AR WG charter

Hi all,

+1 for seeing this AR WG charter move forward.


> I wish I could express this mathematically, or using code.
> - an event or a trigger (as we described it earlier, the detection of a 
> set of conditions in the user's environment via the use of sensors), when
> 
>    (a)  it matches a trigger (the set of conditions specified by a 
> publisher) in a database, and
>    (b)  the AR support (software and in some cases hardware) is 
> available in the user's device,

To me this maps very closely to sensory perception at a digital level
and I think that's exactly what AR represents.


> 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)."


> The data would be "displayed" (visualized but also possibly including an 
> audio file plays) in accordance with
> 
>    (a)  the user preferences,
>    (b) conditions of use (e.g, did the user pay a subscription to the 
> "history" database or to the "tourism" database, or to the "commerce" 
> database, or all three or more? this involves some rights management)
>    (c) user's device capabilities (can render/view the 3D object live, 
> can only support 2D view, etc)
>    (d) user's environment (time of day, noisy, quiet, light, dark, etc).

Also "User preferences may be allowed to be overridden to artificially
adjust a users context (e.g. exploring the past or other locations,
etc.)."


> The details of the "display," or representation step, are the "user 
> experience" and should (in my opinion) be defined entirely by the 
> developer of the browser or application.

I think it's really important that both layers are modeled and
discussed.  e.g. browser developer and application developer (of course
as well as publisher and author).


> I believe we need to develop the standard(s) such that when a trigger is 
> associated with a set of data (using the open AR Data format in a 
> database) by a publisher, any device with AR support and with which the 
> user has the rights to receive said publisher's data (see "b" above), 
> can "display" the data in the real world context.

I think you should drop the "in the real world context" part.  The
interaction between "real world" and "remote/online" is critical too and
should not be excluded.


> This would increase the content publisher's appetite for publishing once 
> to many audiences/viewers under conditions specified by the publisher 
> (e.g., show my UGC AR post only to my friends). I believe this is in the 
> spirit of the W3C and the Web.

Strong +1


Great to see such a good discussion so far 8)


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