ReallifeEngine: A Mixed Reality-Based Visual Programming System for SmartHomes

dc.contributor.authorSuzuki, Ryoheien_US
dc.contributor.authorMasai, Katsutoshien_US
dc.contributor.authorSugimoto, Makien_US
dc.contributor.editorKakehi, Yasuaki and Hiyama, Atsushien_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-11T05:43:10Z
dc.date.available2019-09-11T05:43:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe conveniences experienced by society have tremendously improved with the development of the Internet of Things (IoT). Among the affordances stemming from this innovation is an IoT concept called the SmartHome, which is already spreading even in general households. Despite this proliferation, however, ordinary users experience difficulty in performing the complex control and automation of IoT devices, thereby impeding their full exploitation of IoT benefits. These problems highlight the need for a system that enables general users to easily manipulate IoT devices. Correspondingly, this study constructed a visual programming system that facilitates IoT device operation. The system, which was developed on the basis of data obtained from various sensors in a SmartHome, employs mixed reality(MR) in enhancing the visualization of various data, eases the understanding of the positional relationship among devices, and smoothens the checking of execution results. We conducted an evaluation experiment wherein eight users were asked to test the proposed system, and we verified its usefulness on the basis of the time elapsed until the participants completed the programming of diverse IoT devices and a questionnaire intended to derive their subjective assessments. The result indicates that the proposed system makes it easy to understand the correspondence between the real world device and the node in the MR environment, and the connection between the sensors and the home appliances. On the other hand, it is negatively evaluated for operability.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersDesign and Programming
dc.description.seriesinformationICAT-EGVE 2019 - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/egve.20191287
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-083-3
dc.identifier.issn1727-530X
dc.identifier.pages105-112
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20191287
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/egve20191287
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectcentered computing
dc.subjectUbiquitous and mobile computing
dc.subjectMixed / augmented reality
dc.titleReallifeEngine: A Mixed Reality-Based Visual Programming System for SmartHomesen_US
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