Enhancing X3D for advanced MR appliances

In this paper, we explore and discuss X3D as an application description language for advanced mixed reality environments. X3D has been established as an important platform for today's web-based visualization and VR applications. Yet, there are very few examples for augmented reality systems utilizing X3D beyond a simple geometric description format. In order to fulfill the image compositing and synthesis requests of today's augmented reality applications, we propose extensions to X3D, especially with a focus on lighting and realistic rendering.