WP05 AMIRE Framework

The goal of the AMIRE project is to support end users during the complete authoring process for mixed reality applications. For the integration of the different components and the gems AMIRE has to offer a well designed framework in which different design tasks and the corresponding requirements are organized in a systematic way.

The primary goal of this package is to define the core framework. The main requirements of this framework (see Figure) are:

• Support for the management of the base components and gems for different types of use. The modules of this core system include a Gems Repository and a Component Management Unit. For the gems we do not plan a Gems Management Unit, because they "only" represent an efficient implementation of different partial solutions.
• The integration of the Object Recognition Unit (e.g. ARToolkit).
• The integration of the Graphics Library (OpenGL, Direct3D, OpenSG...)
• The Component Loader unit allows the integration of the different objects into the system.
• All used objects and object types that are available in the system and stored in a database are registered and stored in the Repository Unit.
• The Message Handler identifies the components that are being addressed, delivers the message and maps it to the corresponding function calls.
• And finally, the Execution Unit handles the execution of all actions that appear in the system.

Moreover the framework has to perform the following criteria:

• Easy to use for both users: the expert user who uses the gems and wants an easy integration of complex gems in their MR application and the end users who do not want to be confronted with the huge technical complexity of a MR application.
• Flexibility and scalability