A talk from the Developer Track at AWE USA 2019 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California May 29-31, 2019. AWE USA 2019: AR Cloud SDK Roundup Matt Miesnieks | 6D.ai Harini Sridharan | Sturfee Galia Schwarz | Resonai Ray Di Carlo | YOUAR Patrick O'Shaughnessey | Patched Reality Inc. In this session, Patrick will give a quick overview of the AR Cloud landscape, describing the capabilities an "AR Cloud SDK” unlocks for the developer, and then lead a discussion with some of the major players in the AR Cloud space. He will give each panelist an opportunity to provide their take on various aspects of the AR Cloud, and describe what differentiates their solution. The wide-ranging discussion will touch on the technical underpinnings, key use cases, and privacy implications of the AR Cloud. https://awexr.com

1. AR Cloud SDK Roundup
Patrick O’Shaughnessey
Patched Reality
@patchedreality

2. AR CLOUD DEFINITION
“A persistent 3D digital copy of the real world”
“Continuously updated in real-time”
“In which persistent augmented reality experiences reside”
- Open AR Cloud Association (OARC),

3. PRECISE DEVICE POSE
Where am I located, and where am I looking?
Navigation Multiplayer ContextContent Discovery
Keiichi Matsuda Google youAR

4. UP-TO-DATE DIGITAL TWIN
An “accurate enough”, perfectly aligned model of the world
PhysicsOcclusion
Patched Reality 6D.ai

5. PERSISTENT CONTENT STORAGE
What virtual content exists in this “Space”, and where is it?
In situ information Off-line authoringContent persistence
Microsoft Sturfee Resonai

6. SEMANTIC UNDERSTANDING
Segmentation and description of things in the physical environment
Intelligent overlaysIntelligent
interactions
*Image: Microsoft Research
HERESelerio

7. AR CLOUD LANDSCAPE
A Mix of Established Players, Startups, & Standards Efforts

8. CEO, 6D.ai
MATT MIESNIEKS

9. GALIA SCHWARZ
VP Business Development,

10. RAY DI CARLO
CEO, youAR

11. Co-Founder and CTO, Sturfee
HARINI SRIDHARAN

12. PANEL DISCUSSION
Matt Miesnieks
CEO
6D.ai
Ray Di Carlo
CEO
YOUAR
Galia Schwarz
VP Business
Development
Resonai
Harini Sridharan
Co-Founder and
CTO
Sturfee
Patrick O’Shaughnessey
Founder and CTO
Patched Reality