Of late, Augmented reality (AR), interactive multimedia systems, and the Internet of Things (IoT) have received significant attention as critical enabling technologies for creating spaces more innovative and more interactive. AR is an interactive medium that views the natural world in augmented space. It does so by spatially registering useful computer-generated information and understanding the world, and amplifying their intelligence for solving problems and completing actual tasks. IoT refers to a network of physical devices and everyday objects embedded with minimal computing elements for sensing, accumulating, communicating, and interacting with the objects. The connected infrastructure provides the premise for intelligent environments through
collective extensive data analysis and context-based services. According to Business Insider, there will be 41 billion IoT devices by the end of 2027
Ways how IoT and AR enable intelligent and interactive environment
Accompanying the arrival of the Internet of Things and Wireless Networking technology, the traditional Augmented Reality (AR) systems to see the virtual 3D models of the natural world are gradually evolving into more competent and a more interactive AR that is associated with the context of things for physical objects. The integration of AR and IoT in a complementary way, making AR scalable to hide objects everywhere with an appropriate level of performance and interacting with the Internet of Things more intuitively. It has been aptly recognized that there are three critical components for the realization of such a synergistic integration:
- distributed and object-centric data management (including for AR services)
- IoT object-guided tracking
- Seamless interaction and content interoperability.
According to a report, the Internet of Things and Augmented Reality might have distinct objectives with seemingly unrelated concepts, but they can complement each other.
Firstly, AR offers a convenient and intuitive way for users to envision and interact with the IoT objects and their associated data. Principally, this visually augmented interface that is spatially registered offers an instant and semi-tangible interface which is, thus, easy to comprehend and very useful, particularly for daily and anywhere usage.
For AR, IoT as an infrastructure for ‘everywhere’ service offers an efficient thanks to making ‘scalable’ to a similar degree by handling the required data management (for example, tracking data and content) in a distributed and object-centric fashion.
It is expected that intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) users will operate and interact with physical objects, which will receive augmented Reality (AR) datasets anytime and anywhere and might enrich their visual perception. RightCliQ uses various AR approaches, potentially enhancing the usability of physical IoT objects in the user’s surrounding area and providing the taxonomy and classification for the IoT-enabled Augmented Reality systems.
RightCliQ’s use of AR and IoT
- Perform Complete Event Processing (CEP)
Complete event processing is an emerging network technology generally applied using IoT, which uses distributed message-based systems, applications, and databases to find conclusions from data in the real-time or near-real-time frame. CEP is employed for demanding, continuous-intelligence applications said to reinforce situation awareness and support real-time decisions. Data from multiple sources are combined to infer events or patterns for suggesting more complicated circumstances in CEP. It can provide companies with the flexibility to define, manage and predict events, situations, conditions, opportunities, and threats.
The events being analyzed are often happening across different parts of a corporation as orders, sales leads, or customer service calls, according to David Luckham, research professor of EE at Stanford. These data types can include news items, text messages, social media posts, stock exchange feeds, traffic reports, weather reports, or other forms of information. An event can also be defined as a “change of state" when a measurement exceeds a predefined threshold of your time, temperature, or other value – that’s really where IoT comes in.
The challenge of real-time analysis continues to grow because the forthcoming tens of billions of sensors and intelligent devices still collect more data. CEP’s ability to react quickly during a mission-critical situation can save companies, and this is one of the pillars of the functionality of IoT. This is why CEP is emerging as a mainstream solution for IoT deployments.
- Powerful dashboards for process optimization and better user experience
With time, we human beings create objects and devices which guide us and make our lives better. When doing it, we also design interfaces via which they will interact with made items. In essence, an interface is a neighborhood where two or more objects, systems, or organizations meet, interact, and communicate.
There are various interfaces, and their design determines how convenient and pleasant they’re going to be to use. All objects around us have their interfaces. A well-designed interface tells us about its features even before we start to use it.
While personalization within the IoT landscape is essential, it’s also very challenging.
For instance, in large IoT platforms that manage, application designers have to consider several clusters of end-users who are given access to the IoT app and design app UI and UX accordingly. RightCliQ conducts in-depth research into users’ behavior to design an app that will be easy-to-use and attractive to the target audience. When the pilot version of an IoT app is ready, the app design is tested on a target group to identify flaws, fix them, and enhance the product.
Concluding Notes
It is estimated that there will be an investment of $1.1 trillion in IoT worldwide by the end of 2023. Dominating the field before the big wave comes, RightCliQ is highly engaged in working on IoT Solution Interactive Multimedia & Augmented Reality. It provides an intelligent IOT solution to integrate interactive multimedia and AR content for a showroom in one of Malaysia’s oldest tropical rainforests.
Due to the IoT technology, it gains valuable data about objects and people within the given space. It visualizes these data in a user-friendly manner with the help of a web or mobile application. The solution provides:
- Advanced visualization.
- An easy-to-use interface.
- Convenient remote control along with intelligent automated alerts.
