Augmented Reality and the Internet of Things
Alexander Ilic, Elgar Fleisch · Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) · 2016
The Internet of Things allows for the development of hybrid solutions merging physical products with digital services.After the widespread adoption of Internet of Things in supply chains, we are now witnessing a surge of consumer Internet of Things applications.Due to the proliferation of smartphones, Internet of Things applications gain personal, interactive, and behavioral context.Smartphones thus take up a gateway role and mediate between and among people, physical and digital things, and/or the environment.In this article, we discuss why Augmented Reality technologies are essential for evolving this gateway role in the Internet of Things and how alternate form-factors of the smartphone (e.g.glasses, watches, contacts, gloves, etc.) might impact context-aware service interactions.