Experiences in building a RESTful mixed reality web service platform

This paper reports the development of a RESTful Web service platform at Nokia Research Center for building Mixed Reality services. The platform serves geo-spatially oriented multimedia content, geo-data like streetview panoramas, building outlines, 3D objects and point cloud models. It further provides support for identity management and social networks, as well as for aggregating content from third party content repositories. The implemented system is evaluated on architecture qualities like support for evolution and mobile clients. The paper outlines our approach for developing RESTful Web services from requirements to an implemented service, and presents the experiences and insights gained during the platform development, including the benefits and challenges identified from adhering to the Resource Oriented Architecture style.