Augmented Reality Markup Language

<h2 id="data-model">Data model</h2>
<p>ARML is built on a generic object model that allows serialization in several languages. Currently, ARML defines an XML serialization, as well as a <a href="/facts/JSON/bs1rUAhd">JSON</a> serialization for the ECMAScript bindings. The ARML object model consists of three main concepts:
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<ul><li>Features represent the physical object that should be augmented.</li>
<li>VisualAssets describe the appearance of the virtual object in the augmented scene.</li>
<li>Anchors describe the spatial relation between the physical and the virtual object.</li></ul>
<h3>Feature</h3>
<p>The definition of a <i>Feature</i> is reused from the <a href="/facts/Geography_Markup_Language/IEMlqp0s">Geography Markup Language (GML)</a> and describes the physical object that should be augmented. The physical object is described by a set of metadata, including an ID, a name and a description. A Feature has one or more Anchors.
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<h3>Anchor</h3>
<p>An Anchor describes the location of the physical object in the real world. Four different Anchor types are defined in ARML:
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<ol><li>Geometries</li>
<li>Trackables</li>
<li>RelativeTo</li>
<li>ScreenAnchor</li></ol>
<h4>Geometries</h4>
<p>Geometries describe the location of an object through a set of fixed coordinates. <a href="/facts/WGS84/V9wSJnjX">WGS84</a> (latitude, longitude, altitude) is used as the default coordinate reference system, other arbitrary coordinate reference systems can be supplied if required. ARML allows 0- (Point), 1- (LineString) and 2-dimensional (Polygon) geometries. Geometry Anchors reuse the syntax as defined in GML3. As an example, the following snippet defines the location of the <a href="/facts/Wiener_Riesenrad/DHPLyWpT">Wiener Riesenrad</a>.
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 <gml:Point gml:id="ferrisWheelViennaPoint">
  <gml:pos>
    48.216622 16.395901
  </gml:pos>
 </gml:Point>

<h4>Trackables</h4>
<p>Trackables are patterns that are searched, recognized and tracked in the video screen coming from the camera of the device. A wide variety of different tracking technologies exist, including <a href="/facts/QR_code/B0l0IS7a">QR codes</a>, <a href="/facts/Natural_feature/JoAKoGDb">Natural features</a>, 3D and Face Tracking. As all these tracking types use different algorithms and technologies, the definition of a Trackable is abstracted and split into two parts, a Tracker and its associated Trackables. A Tracker describes the technology (or algorithm) with which its associated Trackables should be tracked, using URIs identifying the algorithm. The Trackable itself describes the pattern the algorithm should look for in the video stream.
</p><p>Example: A natural feature tracker and an associated Trackable
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 <Tracker id="defaultImageTracker">
  <uri xlink:href="http://opengeospatial.org/arml/tracker/genericImageTracker" />
 </Tracker>
    
 <Trackable>
  <config>
   <tracker xlink:href="#defaultImageTracker" />
   <src>http://www.example.com/myMarker.jpg</src>
  </config>
  <size>0.20</size>
 </Trackable>

<h4>RelativeTo</h4>
<p>RelativeTo Anchors allow the definition of a location relative to other Anchors or the user's position. The former allows the setup of a scene and the location of all included virtual objects based on a single Anchor, like a Trackable placed on a table. The latter allows for scenarios where the actual location of the user is irrelevant. The virtual objects are simply placed around the user, regardless of his or her physical location.
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<h4>ScreenAnchor</h4>
<p>Contrary to the previous three Anchor types, ScreenAnchors do not describe a location in the 3-dimensional virtual scene. Instead, they define an area on the device screen, allowing for status bars and the like.
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<h3>VisualAsset</h3>
<p>VisualAssets describe the appearance of the virtual objects in the augmented scene. ARML allows various kinds of VisualAssets to be described, including plain text, images, HTML content and 3D models. VisualAssets can be oriented (either to always automatically face the user, or to maintain a specific static orientation) and scaled. Additionally, visibility conditions can be applied (i.e. the Asset is only visible on the screen if the distance to the user is within certain boundaries).
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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>In late 2009, <a href="/facts/Wikitude/uw34EuyC">Wikitude</a> (formerly Mobilizy), the creators of the Wikitude World Browser, started an early initiative on creating a format all AR Browsers at that time could adhere to, called the Augmented Reality Markup Language (ARML).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> This format is now called ARML 1.0 and serves as an input format for the Wikitude World Browser.
</p><p>In late 2011, Martin Lechner, Wikitude's CTO and the main driver of the ARML initiative, established the Augmented Reality Markup Language 2.0 Standards Working Group (ARML 2.0 SWG) within the OGC.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Its goal was to create an internationally accepted standard for Augmented Reality, based on the ideas of ARML 1.0 and similar formats. During <a href="/facts/International_Symposium_on_Mixed_and_Augmented_Reality/V5smchYw">ISMAR</a> in <a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta</a> in November 2012, the first ARML 2.0 specification was officially published,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> making ARML 2.0 an official OGC Candidate Standard.
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<h2 id="related-standards">Related standards</h2>
<p>ARML 2.0 is reusing ideas, structure, syntax and semantics of the following existing and widely used standards:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/HyperText_Markup_Language/sSc3fT78">HyperText Markup Language</a>, <a href="/facts/ECMAScript/M7nDHsB5">ECMAScript</a> (<a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>) and <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">Cascading Style Sheets</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Geography_Markup_Language/IEMlqp0s">Geography Markup Language</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Keyhole_Markup_Language/6L7da3xC">Keyhole Markup Language</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/COLLADA/SEslfjPj">COLLADA</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/XPath_2.0/hx8vdMek">XPath 2.0</a></li></ul>
<p>In addition, the following, ARML-independent initiatives also deal with creating standards for Augmented Reality environments:
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<ul><li>Augmented Reality Application Format (ARAF) <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> developed within <a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">ISO</a>/<a href="/facts/MPEG/ygmT7JBB">MPEG</a></li>
<li>KARML <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> developed by the <a href="/facts/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology/HKtrUSao">Georgia Institute of Technology</a></li>
<li>MobAR <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> developed within the <a href="/facts/Open_Mobile_Alliance/5sQQMsvo">Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<p>The following example describes a 3D Model (assuming one is available on <a href="http://www.example.com/myModel.dae">http://www.example.com/myModel.dae</a>) on a Trackable, like a fiducial marker, located at <a href="http://www.example.com/myMarker.jpg">http://www.example.com/myMarker.jpg</a>:
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<arml>
 <ARElements>

<Tracker id="defaultImageTracker">
   <uri xlink:href="http://opengeospatial.org/arml/tracker/genericImageTracker" />
  </Tracker>

<Trackable>
   <assets>
    
    <Model>
     <href xlink:href="http://www.example.com/myModel.dae" />
    </Model>
   </assets>
   <config>
    <tracker xlink:href="#defaultImageTracker" />
    <src>http://www.example.com/myMarker.jpg</src>
   </config>
   <size>0.20</size>
  </Trackable>
 </ARElements>
</arml>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1"><p>"OGC® Augmented Reality Markup Language 2.0 (ARML 2.0) - OGC". Opengeospatial.org. <a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/arml" target="_blank">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/arml</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"ARML 2.0 SWG | OGC". 2017-08-24. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2022-10-09. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170824160348/http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/arml2.0swg" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170824160348/http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/arml2.0swg</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"ARML - An Augmented Reality Standard" (PDF). Perey.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018. <a href="http://www.perey.com/MobileARSummit/Mobilizy-ARML.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.perey.com/MobileARSummit/Mobilizy-ARML.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"The OGC seeks comments on candidate Augmented Reality Markup Language (ARML 2.0) standard - OGC". Opengeospatial.org. <a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/1721" target="_blank">http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/1721</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"The OGC Forms International Augmented Reality Standards Working Group - OGC". Opengeospatial.org. <a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/1473" target="_blank">http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/1473</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Martin Lechner, The Augmented Reality Markup Language 2.0, Dissertation <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Augmented Reality Application Format - MPEG". Mpeg.chiariglione.org. <a href="https://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-a/augmented-reality-application-format" target="_blank">https://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-a/augmented-reality-application-format</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Home - KHARMA". Kharma.gatech.edu. <a href="http://kharma.gatech.edu/" target="_blank">http://kharma.gatech.edu/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"Releases - Mobile Augmented Reality Enabler v1.0". Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2013-07-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140106003211/http://technical.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/release_program/MobAr_v1_0.aspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140106003211/http://technical.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/release_program/MobAr_v1_0.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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