NOTES: The Summary/Conclusions of this meeting are available.
The agenda may be consulted at any time.
The position papers and recommended pre-reading materials are available.
The presentation files from this meeting are available for public reference.
The UStream channel is also available.
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Introduction
The community of people seeking to advance work towards open and interoperable AR will meet on October 24-25 in conjunction with the ISMAR2011 conference in Basel, Switzerland.
Those planning to participate in the AR Standards community meeting should review the documentation of the first meeting, second meeting and third meeting. Review of the past position papers and joining the mailing lists for the community are highly recommended.
Position Papers
In addition to the invited speaker presentations and moderated plenary collaborations, contributions to the community may be made in advance of the meeting in the form of position papers. To submit position papers, please follow the guidelines. Consideration will be given to these by the program committee when preparing the final agenda.
Meeting Goals
The face-to-face meetings are designed to promote the discussion between stakeholders of the ecosystem for the development of open and interoperable AR content and experiences. We will:
- obtain reports on activities and discuss progress in relevant standards development organizations
- continue development of the community resources including but not limited to:
- initiate development of new community resources and
- discuss emerging challenges which may be addressed via standards or open source interfaces.
The community is invited to suggest topics for the agenda via submission of position papers. Additional objectives for this meeting will be formulated by the Program Committee members and co-chairs of the meeting.
To Participate in the Meeting of International AR Standards Experts
This is an open meeting, however, advanced registration via this Web form is required.
If you are unable to participate, we may have a Ustream channel available.
Registration and Fees
Agenda
The meeting will begin at 9 AM and conclude at 6 PM on Monday October 24 and begin at 8:30 AM on October 25.
The draft agenda is now available for consultation here.
Venue, Transportation and Lodging
4052 Basel, Switzerland
061 279 17 05
Host and Sponsoring
The meeting is hosted by the Institute of Design and Art Research at the University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz).
We are also proud to receive the support of the
Open Geospatial Consortium and Khronos Group.
If you would like to support the meeting through sponsorship, please notify Christine Perey.
Organization
Meeting sessions and documents will be in English.
All notifications to participants will be made by way of this web page, to the AR Standards announcements mailing list, LinkedIn and posted to relevant blogs and industry mailing lists.
Workshop Chair
If you wish to provide assistance to the workshop and chair one or more sessions, please notify Christine Perey, chair.
Program Committee Members
The agenda of this meeting will be established by co-chairs and Program Committee members to reflect the needs and interests of the AR community.
We have begun to assemble the Program Committee for the fourth meeting. If you would like to contribute to the success of the meeting and community by being a member of the program committee, please send e-mail to Christine Perey, chair.
Program Committee members for the fourth meeting currently includes:
- George Percivall, Open Geospaital Consortium
- Neil Trevett, NVIDIA and Khronos Group
- Martin Lechner, Wikitude
- Timo Engelke, Fraunhofer IGD
- Dan Romescu, Augmented Citizen
- Douglas Knisely, Qualcomm
- Lars Erik Bolstad, Opera Software
- Gerard Kim, Korea University
- Adrian David Cheok, National University of Singapore & Keio University CUTE Center
- Ed Parsons, Google
- Blair MacIntyre, Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab
- Anthony Wiles, ETSI
- Rob Manson, MOB
Important Dates
Date Event
28 May 2011 Meeting announced and information issued via Web site 6 July 2011 Call for participation and position papers issued 7 September 2011 Deadline for position paper abstracts 23 September 2011 Deadline for final position papers 1 October 2011 Revised Draft Agenda published 17 October 2011 Final Agenda published 21 October 2011 On-line registration closes 24 October 2011 Meeting opens at 9 AM
Comments or Questions?
Please address all comments and questions regarding the AR Standards meeting via e-mail to Christine Perey, chair.