Augmented Reality

How does Web content need to evolve with AR (e.g. extensions to current Web technologies like CSS to support AR)?
How might Web browsers need to evolve to become AR platforms?
Are the current and planned device APIs sufficient to enable the Web to be used as an AR platform?
Can the 3D Web be an effective platform for AR?
Is the infrastructure in place to support AR on the Web?
What are the potential synergies between between AR and Virtual Reality?
Is there sufficient royalty-free, interoperable data available to make AR on the Web a reality?

3D interaction and gestural interface and how these interfaces map onto the Metaphor of the Web.
How far can we stretch advanced UI techniques (e.g. 3D navigation) for building more immersive applications?
What opportunities are offered by advanced display and immersive projection technology?
What opportunities are there for innovative interaction such as haptics, audio, and other non visual interfaces?

What are the existing and emerging mobile AR development environments and toolkits?
Are mobile tracking & sensing sufficient for AR?
How can mobile presence and cognition be exploited by AR?.
What are the latest developments in mobile widgets and mashups for AR?
Can AR play a role in media adaptation and content filtering?

What user studies and evaluation is relevant to AR?
What are the existing standard datasets and benchmarks for AR? (if any).
Where are the gaps in the datasets and benchmarks that need to be filled for AR to become more widely available?
What does an AR Web site look like for the visually disabled and what extensions would be required to current Web Accessibility techniques?

Is there a need for a common infrastructure for points of interest (such as common code/reference, a common database etc.)?
What are the available languages for "augmenting" points of interest and what more may need to be standardized?
What is the relationship between AR and linked data?

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