Semantic and Virtual Reality-Enhanced Configuration of Domestic Environments: The Smart Home Simulator

Daniele Spoladore, Sara Arlati, Marco Sacco
2017 Mobile Information Systems  
This paper introduces the Smart Home Simulator, one of the main outcomes of the D4All project. This application takes into account the variety of issues involved in the development of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions, such as the peculiarity of each end-users, appliances, and technologies with their deployment and data-sharing issues. The Smart Home Simulator—a mixed reality application able to support the configuration and customization of domestic environments in AAL systems—leverages
more » ... n integration capabilities of Semantic Web technologies and the possibility to model relevant knowledge (about both the dwellers and the domestic environment) into formal models. It also exploits Virtual Reality technologies as an efficient means to simplify the configuration of customized AAL environments. The application and the underlying framework will be validated through two different use cases, each one foreseeing the customized configuration of a domestic environment for specific segments of users.
doi:10.1155/2017/3185481 fatcat:qan3wf7mi5g5bjfuw62tc7dkdq