Proposal of international voluntary activities on establishing benchmark test schemes for AR/MR geometric registration and tracking methods

We collectively term the framework for the proposed benchmark test, as well as evaluation software now in the pipeline and the body of evaluation data as TrakMark, with the group assigned to work thereon as the TrakMark WG. This title borrows from terms often found in the PC field, such as PCMark and 3DMark. Establishment of the TrakMark WG was approved at the 33rd SIG-MR Committee Meeting held on May 23, 2009. The current active members ofWG are shown in Table 1. To conduct such an investigation, it is necessary to select evaluation items, set evaluation standards and consolidate test data. If the foundations and the test scheme are established, it should be possible to contribute to industries seeking to use ARlMR technology in practical settings. Moreover, this could help provide a spur to researchers aiming to improve on current tracking methods. A working group formed based on the above philosophy as a lower branch of the Special Interest Group on Mixed Reality (SIG-MR), the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, has already been established in Japan and is working towards realization of these goals. The following is an outline of the group's activities and current status. INTRODUCTION