%0 Journal Article %1 fischbach2017semantic %A Fischbach, Martin %A Wiebusch, Dennis %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %D 2017 %I IEEE %J IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) %K mmi myown simx %N 4 %P 1342-1351 %T Semantic Entity-Component State Management Techniques to Enhance Software Quality for Multimodal VR-Systems %U https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2017-ieee-tvcg-fischbach-state-management-manuscript.pdf %V 23 %X Modularity, modifiability, reusability, and API usability are important qualities that determine the maintainability of complex software architectures typical for Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (VR, AR, MR) applications. These architectures address various input-, output-, and processing aspects, which are usually implemented by dedicated software modules. Collectively, these modules have to maintain the real-time simulation of a coherent application state. This requirement, however, implicates multiple semantic as well as temporal state representation- and access interdependencies between modules, exacerbating maintainable solutions. This paper presents five semantics-based software techniques for state management that extend the well-established entity-component system (ECS) pattern, foster modularity and enhance overall maintainability. A walk-through of typical implementation aspects of multimodal (speech and gesture) interfaces is used to highlight the techniques\u0027 benefits, providing a typical example for demanding software architectures in VR, AR and MR. Finally, central implementation details are compared against prominent alternatives.

@article{fischbach2017semantic, abstract = {Modularity, modifiability, reusability, and API usability are important qualities that determine the maintainability of complex software architectures typical for Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (VR, AR, MR) applications. These architectures address various input-, output-, and processing aspects, which are usually implemented by dedicated software modules. Collectively, these modules have to maintain the real-time simulation of a coherent application state. This requirement, however, implicates multiple semantic as well as temporal state representation- and access interdependencies between modules, exacerbating maintainable solutions. This paper presents five semantics-based software techniques for state management that extend the well-established entity-component system (ECS) pattern, foster modularity and enhance overall maintainability. A walk-through of typical implementation aspects of multimodal (speech and gesture) interfaces is used to highlight the techniques\u0027 benefits, providing a typical example for demanding software architectures in VR, AR and MR. Finally, central implementation details are compared against prominent alternatives.}, added-at = {2016-12-22T17:50:41.000+0100}, author = {Fischbach, Martin and Wiebusch, Dennis and Latoschik, Marc Erich}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28cef3bf417d402a8e3eabd495320c58b/hci-uwb}, interhash = {291a9731ab8fce2e32874ae6d7e5d383}, intrahash = {8cef3bf417d402a8e3eabd495320c58b}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)}, keywords = {mmi myown simx}, month = {April}, note = {DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2017.2657098}, number = 4, pages = {1342-1351}, publisher = {IEEE}, timestamp = {2019-05-13T20:59:19.000+0200}, title = {Semantic Entity-Component State Management Techniques to Enhance Software Quality for Multimodal VR-Systems}, url = {https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2017-ieee-tvcg-fischbach-state-management-manuscript.pdf}, volume = 23, year = 2017 }