Ariotivity: Provisioning Smart Objects with Augmented Reality and Open Standards

Smart objects are computationally enhanced everyday objects such as watches, keychains and more. As these devices become ubiquitous, its seamless and secure interaction becomes critical. Due to the fragmented landscape of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the difficulty of allowing a secure exchange of resources among objects, the provisioning and interoperability of smart objects is still an open problem in IoT. With this goal in mind, we developed the Ariotivity framework: an Augmented Reality enhancement for the Iotivity framework. This framework is a preliminary solution to provision and interact with smart objects by means of a mobile device. It allows users to reconfigure and control smart objects through an augmented reality application and a backend that uses open standards developed for the IoT industry. This article presents the design of our first prototype, describes its functionality and reports the ways in which it could be enhanced. Preliminary results show its feasibility and proof-of-concept through example devices, but further development is needed to be deployed in real environments.