Development of smart room services on top of Smart-M3

SmartRoom is a system supporting collaboration activities localized in a room: a set of digital services is available for organizers and participants. The Smart-M3 platform is used to set up a networked knowledge sharing environment on top of which the SmartRoom service set is deployed. In this paper we introduce the methodology and design of the SmartRoom system. We consider realization of digital environment in a room, service set structure and corresponding Smart-M3 based computing infrastructure, ontological models and their use for service construction and delivery

Virtual shared workspace for smart spaces and M3-based case study

Lack of practical development platforms and specific methods of application programming delays extensive real-life deployment of smart spaces. Virtual shared workspace is a reasonable scenario for evaluation of the smart spaces paradigm maturity. In this paper we consider SmartRoom system, which is Smart-M3 based open source implementation of virtual shared workspaces. Such collaboration activity as conference or meeting is performed in a room equipped with computing and presentational devices as well as accessing Internet services. Personal mobile devices are primary tools for users. Although the Smart-M3 platform is still a research prototype we show that its existing capability is sufficient for developing certain services for practical use. Functionality of SmartRoom services is not finely tuned and not strictly limited by activity domain. Advanced service construction with context awareness, personalization, and augmentation is possible. We illustrate these properties by introducing e-Tourism services for use in SmartRoom collaborative activity