Work Description

Work Tasks

In order to reach the objectives, three main work tasks need to be accomplished.

Firstly, a best practice example has to be elaborated that shows how MR content can be produced efficiently and how a dedicated authoring application for the user of the MR content can be produced. The approach taken is to identify characteristics of MR methodologies and describe a common infrastructure, employing state-of-the-art software engineering techniques. Besides, the usage of MR technology for authoring tools is examined. Thus, the best practice example consists of the software of two actual demonstrators as well as generic design recommendations and procedures, interface specifications, dedicated MR authoring metaphors, MR gems and MR components.

Demonstrators

Secondly, demonstrators need to be built that show the benefits of having an authoring tool beside the MR application itself. In AMIRE there will be demonstrators for an oil refinery training application and an application for the Guggenheim museum.

Thirdly, evaluation results need to be derived that show how consultants and content developers can use the AMIRE project results and what economical implications there are if they choose to offer services in the production of content that makes use of Mixed Reality technologies.

Project phases

The project is organized in four phases.

First, a group of experts will build the first demonstrator and according authoring tools, incorporating the ideas of the AMIRE approach.

Second, learning from the process of building the first demonstrator, a first version of design recommendations, interface specifications, and authoring process descriptions will be derived. They are handed over to a consultant who is experienced in building multimedia applications, but not MR applications.

Third, the consultant will build the second demonstrator. This process will be reviewed and evaluated. The results will be fed back to AMIRE.

Fourth, the overall project results of AMIRE will be compiled.

Milestones

The expected milestones and results are the following ones:

• A production process for developing and modifying MR content with design recommendations
• Specifications of MR gems, MR components, MR frameworks and dedicated MR authoring tools along with best practice examples how to employ them
• The specifications are aimed to be partly used as a basis for MR standardisation
• Two demonstrators with MR authoring tools
• Evaluation reports based on experiences with companies using AMIRE, business models and commercialisation strategies