Reducing latency in a collaborative augmented reality service

Wennan He, Ben Swift, Henry Gardner, Mingze Xi, Matt Adcock

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    Abstract

    We show how inter-device location tracking latency can be reduced in an Augmented Reality (AR) service that uses Microsoft's HoloLens (HL) devices for multi-user collaboration. Specifically, we have built a collaborative AR system for a research greenhouse that allows multiple users to be able to work collaboratively to process and record information about individual plants in the greenhouse. In this system, we have combined the HL "world tracking" functionality together with marker-based tracking to develop a onefor- A ll-shared-experience (OFALL-SE) dynamic object localization service. We compare this OFALL-SE service with the traditional Local Anchor Transfer (LAT) method for managing shared experiences and show that latency of data transmission throughout the server and users can be dramatically reduced. Our results indicate that OFALL-SE can support near-real-time collaboration when sharing the physical locations of the plants among users in a greenhouse.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - VRCAI 2019
    Subtitle of host publication17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry
    EditorsStephen N. Spencer
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    ISBN (Electronic)9781450370028
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 Nov 2019
    Event17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry, VRCAI 2019 - Brisbane, Australia
    Duration: 14 Nov 201916 Nov 2019

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - VRCAI 2019: 17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry

    Conference

    Conference17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry, VRCAI 2019
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityBrisbane
    Period14/11/1916/11/19

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