{"title":"Revisiting the Scene-Graph-as-Bus Concept: Inter-networking Heterogeneous Applications Using glTF Fragments","authors":"Jaspreet Singh Dhanjan, A. Steed","doi":"10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00068","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"While there are now many examples of successful collaborative mixed reality applications, each application uses its own custom networking framework and applications rarely inter-operate. To enable much larger-scale distributed systems, we will need inter-networking protocols that allow heterogeneous applications to exchange data. We demonstrate a proof of concept implementation that revisits the concept of using a scene-graph as a bus. That is, sharing low-level geometry and rendering information, rather than high-level semantic events. Our networking protocol uses glTF fragments and edits to express scene changes. We use the proof of concept to explore the potential to inter-network very different applications that are based on different underlying graphics engine technology.","PeriodicalId":256204,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00068","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
While there are now many examples of successful collaborative mixed reality applications, each application uses its own custom networking framework and applications rarely inter-operate. To enable much larger-scale distributed systems, we will need inter-networking protocols that allow heterogeneous applications to exchange data. We demonstrate a proof of concept implementation that revisits the concept of using a scene-graph as a bus. That is, sharing low-level geometry and rendering information, rather than high-level semantic events. Our networking protocol uses glTF fragments and edits to express scene changes. We use the proof of concept to explore the potential to inter-network very different applications that are based on different underlying graphics engine technology.