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OPen Geospatial Consortium Calls for Sponsors for Augmented Reality Pilot Project

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and the World Wide Web Consortium(W3C), together are calling for sponsors for an upcoming Augmented Reality (AR) Pilot Project that seeks to advance W3C and OGC standards related to Augmented Reality.

As part of the Pilot, models, interfaces, and an architecture will be advanced to enable the seamless integration of ‘real world,’ geospatial, and web data.

An open architecture needs to be advanced to not only allow AR systems to access and merge data from a specific location, but also for them to be able to send data (e.g. capturing pictures and videos) to a server and to subscribe and be notified of events related to that location.

The OGC and W3C AR Pilot Project aims to help solve these problems.

The Pilot will run as an Initiative of the OGC Innovation Program, co-branded with W3C.

Benefits to Sponsors of the W3C OGC AR Pilot include:

• Assess and affect market direction based on your and other sponsor organisations’ needs.
• Improved visibility as a global leader in information technology critical to Augmented Reality.
• Amplified funding of solutions by working with multiple sponsors with common/similar problems.
• Accelerated process for workable interface specifications, with results delivered in 4-6 months. Follow-on procurements using proven standards-based architecture then lead to more robust AR solutions.

For more information on the pilot or any sponsorship opportunities, contact Luis Bermudez, Executive Director Innovation Program lbermudez@opengeospatial.org or visit www.opengeospatial.org/projects/initiatives/arpilot2017. To submit your interest as a sponsor, please respond to the following form, by February 5th 2018.

See the full story here: https://www.directionsmag.com/pressrelease/7081

Also see https://www.w3.org/blog/2017/12/w3c-and-ogc-augmented-reality-pilot-an-exciting-adventure-for-w3c/