Towards the Ubiquitous Web Dr. Philipp Hoschka, W3C Ubiquitous Web - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Towards the Ubiquitous Web Dr. Philipp Hoschka, W3C Ubiquitous Web Domain Leader This work is partially funded by the European Union through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2010-2012) under grant agreement n°257800 - Mobile Web Applications (MobiWebApp)

Introduction • Goals – “Case study” of relevant W3C work – Opportunities for participation • Ubiquitous Web Domain – Motivation – Current work – Future plans

Internet of Things • IP connectivity everywhere – Mobile phone – TV – Car – Sensors – RFID • Moving beyond IT – Mobile Telephony – Consumer Electronics – Automotive – Health – …

Web of Things Applications Native Code? Java? Web Apps! Network Internet of Things

Web Applications • Written using HTML, CSS, Javascript, … • Desktop: Yahoo Mail, Google maps, … • Advantages over native, Java, … – Easy to deploy and update: Browser reload – Incremental updates simple (“perpetual beta”) – Big developer base, so quick and cheap to develop

Towards UbiWeb Apps • Ongoing – Device APIs (camera, microphone, … ) – Geolocation – Multimodal/Voice Interaction – Augmented Reality – Web and TV • Upcoming – Real-time communication (videoconf, … ) – Model-based UI design

Highlight: AR • Points of Interest WG – Standard format for points of interest – Note on AR standardization needs – Just started • Participants – SonyEricsson (Chair) – Layar – LG – Nokia (Navteq) – Telecom Italia – … • http://www.w3.org/2010/POI/

Highlight: Web and TV • “Connected TVs” – 19% of flat-panel TVs in 2010 – 46% within next three years – Majority in Europe (Source: ABIResearch) • W3C Web and TV IG – HTML5 Video APIs – Interaction with • Mobile (“Second screen”) • Home network – Content protection – Testing+Certification – …

Conclusion • Internet moving beyond IT • Web applications will be key to realize full potential • Excellent opportunity for European Research and Industry to participate

Get Involved! • The Web is not done! • Join new and upcoming W3C groups – POI – Web and TV – Realtime Communication – Model-Based UI Design – … • Contact: ph@w3.org This work is partially funded by the European Union through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2010-2012) under grant agreement n°257800 - Mobile Web Applications (MobiWebApp)