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SUMMARY:Ubiquitous Tracking for Distributed Mixed Reality Environments - J
 oseph Newman (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Lorcan Mac Manus
DESCRIPTION:The fields of Wearable Computing\, Augmented Reality and Ubiqu
 itous Computing are in principle highly convergent\, as they all focus on 
 environments where users perceive\, and intuitively interact with\,their s
 urroundings. However\, the reality as observed in research labs and limite
 d commercial deployments has been that bugetary and technical constraints 
 have actually kept these fields separate and distinct. One manifestation o
 f this separation is in the choice of sensors used to build systems in eac
 h domain.  A truly\ncross-disciplinary project has to incorporate sensors 
 of much greater heterogeneity than has occurred heretofore.  The way in wh
 ich sensorsare deployed results in spatial seams that can act as obstacles
  to the provision of services across different areas.\n\nHaving examined t
 he different architectural approaches to handling\nevents from different t
 racking systems\, a new architecture is proposed that maintains a consiste
 nt spatial model of objects and their inter-relationships\, and configures
  the flow of tracking data to satisfy the needs of heterogeneous clients a
 nd the constraints imposed by the environment\, or environments in the dis
 tributed case.
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