Augmented Reality-Based Process Modelling for the Internet of Things with HoloFlows

Seiger, Ronny; Gohlke, Maria; Aßmann, Uwe

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“…While these business-related aspects are not relevant for end-user oriented modelling of IoT processes [14], a mapping and abstraction of the elements of the HoloFlows DSL to a BPM language (e.g. BPMN 2.0) are straightforward [13], which makes the processes created with HoloFlows also available in a BPM context.…”

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“…This paper is an extended version of the contribution [13] published as part of the proceedings of the BPMDS 2019 working conference. The original paper has been extended as follows: the background section features more details on desktop-based process modelling and on mixed reality; the related work section includes additional approaches regarding processes in the context of IoT and MR; the modelling section features additional details about the individual artefacts of HoloFlows-including the underlying domainspecific language-and process examples; the evaluation section now includes a comprehensive user study based on additional example IoT processes (cf.…”

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HoloFlows: modelling of processes for the Internet of Things in mixed reality

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Our everyday lives are increasingly pervaded by digital assistants and smart devices forming the Internet of Things (IoT). While user interfaces to directly monitor and control individual IoT devices are becoming more sophisticated and end-user friendly, applications to connect standalone IoT devices and create more complex IoT processes for automating and assisting users with repetitive tasks still require a high level of technical expertise and programming knowledge. Related approaches for process modelling in IoT mostly suggest extensions to complex modelling languages, require high levels of abstraction and technical knowledge, and rely on unintuitive tools. We present a novel approach for end-user oriented-no-code-IoT process modelling using Mixed Reality (MR) technology: HoloFlows. Users are able to explore the IoT environment and model processes among sensors and actuators as first-class citizens by simply “drawing” virtual wires among physical IoT devices. MR technology hereby facilitates the understanding of the physical contexts and relations among the IoT devices and provides a new and more intuitive way of modelling IoT processes. The results of a user study comparing HoloFlows with classical modelling approaches show an increased user experience and decrease in required modelling knowledge and technical expertise to create IoT processes.

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“…BPMN4CPS (Graja et al, 2016) combines BPMN with cyber-physical systems, adding resources and context data to a business process for increased automation, but it does not integrate AR directly. HoloFlows (Seiger et al, 2019) is an AR process modeling approach for the Internet of Things (IoT), utilizing a simple state-machine and custom notation that lacks BPMN support and integration with mature BPMS -vital for industrial settings.…”

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ConVRgence (VRIC) Virtual Reality International Conference Proceedings

Richir

2021

IJVR

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This document presents the proceedings of the VRIC - ConVRgence conference held on July 7-9, 2021. The conference was organized again this year in a particular context, that of the COVID-19 health crisis, and the usual dates were shifted from March to July to allow for a hybrid format both in-situ in Laval, and in the Laval Virtual World. We hope that next year will be back to normal, both in terms of organization and volume of submissions. We would like to thank the authors who submitted their research works, as well as the reviewers for their contributions. Simon Richir, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Scientific Director of Laval VirtualOlivier Christmann, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Co-chairGeoffrey Gorisse, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Co-chair.

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“…The tourist role defines two attributes in lines 11-12. Moreover, it is granted permission to read different elements of the domain meta-model, but it can only write and modify opinions and rates (lines [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Tourist also has permission regarding the editor functionality (line 26) with a contextual constraint which allows a tourist to add pictures to an element when it is closer than 10m to it.…”

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“…Otherwise, these models may need to be defined with pen and paper on-place and then transferred into a computer at the working place. For these reasons, several tools have emerged to tackle this challenge, like NetSketcher [1], CEL [16], HoloFlow [24] or DSL-comet [32].…”

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Towards access control for collaborative modelling apps

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Lara

2020

Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedi

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Domain-specific languages (DSLs) are small languages tailored to narrow domains. Their purpose is to cope with the needs of domain experts, who might not have a software engineering background. In previous work, we proposed the novel notion of Active DSLs, which are graphical DSLs extended to benefit from mobility using geolocation and interactions with external services and devices. Active DSLs are the central component of a mobile collaborative appl called DSL-comet. Modelling using DSLs can be done collaboratively by a group of stakeholders, and the levels of required confidentiality and integrity may vary across modelling artefacts. While preventing the access to protected data has been tackled for DSLs used on static environments like laptops and desktop computers, it has not been envisioned for modelling on mobile devices. The latter poses further challenges as access permissions may depend not just on user profiles but also on conditions that only make sense in mobility, such as geolocation or information retrieved from nearby sensors. Embracing the approach of Active DSLs, we propose an annotation meta-model to provide fine-grained role-based access control to any domain meta-model, hence enabling model element protection when collaborating in mobility. The paper describes our current implementation and our envisioned low-code solution, which includes a cloud-based textual editor to define role hierarchies and permissions for the domain meta-models. CCS CONCEPTS • Software and its engineering → Domain specific languages.

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Augmented Reality-Based Process Modelling for the Internet of Things with HoloFlows

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HoloFlows: modelling of processes for the Internet of Things in mixed reality

HoloFlows: modelling of processes for the Internet of Things in mixed reality

ConVRgence (VRIC) Virtual Reality International Conference Proceedings

Towards access control for collaborative modelling apps

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