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A Model and Platform for Building Agent-Based Pervasive Mixed Reality Systems

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Abstract

In agent literature, a partially unexplored area is related to the integration of ever-wider opportunities offered by technologies such as Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR). In this paper we present a framework called Augmented Worlds (AW), which provides a model and a technological support to develop a broad spectrum of agent-based AR/MR systems. Distinguishing key features of the approach include: bi-directional augmentation, support for existing cognitive agent technologies, support for developing open multi-user environments. In the paper, we describe first the conceptual model on which the framework is based, and then a concrete architecture and prototype implementation. Two case studies about real-world applications – an augmented museum and an augmented harbour – engineered with the framework are finally discussed.

Keywords

  • Mixed Reality
  • Augmented Reality
  • Augmented Worlds
  • Agent programming technologies
  • BDI

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    https://bitbucket.org/account/user/awuniboteam/projects/AW.

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    http://vertx.io.

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    Museo della Regina, Cattolica (RN), Italy.

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    https://goo.gl/avBSgH.

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Croatti, A., Ricci, A. (2018). A Model and Platform for Building Agent-Based Pervasive Mixed Reality Systems. In: Demazeau, Y., An, B., Bajo, J., Fernández-Caballero, A. (eds) Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Complexity: The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10978. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94580-4_10

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