The Argon AR Web Browser and Standards-based AR Application Environment
The key focus of the paper is to introduce ARGON web browser as a stepping stone towards standardizing and environment for development of mobile AR applications. The paper starts by introducing the world of AR and then proceeds to the 3 goals behind Argon web browser.
1) Creating a supportive AR application environment.
2) To build on existing mobile technologies.
3) To build an environment that can be used as a step to create various AR applications.
The paper then explains the web architecture. They also explain KARML with illustrations. KARML is a variation of KML which was chosen because of many reasons. Firstly it is widely used by Google Maps, Google earth and various other Geographic Information Systems. Secondly KML readily supports binding of HTML 2D and COLLADA 3D presentation content to physical locations.
Argon has been built for iOS platform and runs well on devises using iOS version 4.2 and above. The scripting functionality is divided into public and private APIs. The Public API provides KML DOM that allows the content developers to come up with modifications.
The GPS sensors currently used in mobile devices are accurate within 10 meters which is low in comparison to the display information on the phone. To overcome this, Argon allows the users to manually override the default measurements.
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