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Business models built upon multimedia/multisensory setups delivering user experiences within disparate contexts—entertainment, tourism, cultural heritage, etc.—usually comprise the installation and in-situ management of both equipment and digital contents. Considering each setup as unique in its purpose, location, layout, equipment and digital contents, monitoring and control operations may add up to a hefty cost over time. Software and hardware agnosticity may be of value to lessen complexity and provide more sustainable management processes and tools. Distributed computing under the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm may enable management processes capable of providing both remote control and monitoring of multimedia/multisensory experiences made available in different venues. A prototyping software to perform IoT multimedia/multisensory simulations is presented in this paper. It is fully based on virtual environments that enable the remote design, layout, and configuration of each experience in a transparent way, without regard of software and hardware. Furthermore, pipelines to deliver contents may be defined, managed, and updated in a context-aware environment. This software was tested in the laboratory and was proven as a sustainable approach to manage multimedia/multisensory projects. It is currently being field-tested by an international multimedia company for further validation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IoT is the ever growing concept of connecting physical objects through internet. Internet of Things has the capability to connect everything, everyone and everywhere. It is important to accept the reality that the resources are limited and an optimum utilization of these resource have to be done for sustainability. The wastage is usually highest in the fields of water and electricity consumption. The biggest challenge for businesses is that the processes today are competitive and have to meet the customer demands without slowing down. IoT solutions such as smart irrigation system, automatic street light system and voice controlled home automation are one of the key solutions to the raising challenges. In this study prototypes of the above mentioned solutions have been built and tested to understand the potential of IoT. India predicts about 5 billion IoT connections by 2022, and an economy of $1 trillion by 2025. And the reality is that, it's already 2019 and IoT's growth is slower than predicted because of some of the barriers to implementation. Some of the barrier to the growth of IoT is unawareness of consumers and cost concerns. So it is necessary for businesses to adapt business models which are efficient and suitable for IoT businesses to reach the target segment with a proper channel and a competitive value proposition. In this study a business model framework has been suggested for the prototypes built. As cost is another barrier to the IoT adoption, the cost effectiveness of IoT solutions such as smart lighting system and smart irrigation system has been compared with respect to the traditional solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Business models built upon multimedia/multisensory setups delivering user experiences within disparate contexts—entertainment, tourism, cultural heritage, etc.—usually comprise the installation and in-situ management of both equipment and digital contents. Considering each setup as unique in its purpose, location, layout, equipment and digital contents, monitoring and control operations may add up to a hefty cost over time. Software and hardware agnosticity may be of value to lessen complexity and provide more sustainable management processes and tools. Distributed computing under the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm may enable management processes capable of providing both remote control and monitoring of multimedia/multisensory experiences made available in different venues. A prototyping software to perform IoT multimedia/multisensory simulations is presented in this paper. It is fully based on virtual environments that enable the remote design, layout, and configuration of each experience in a transparent way, without regard of software and hardware. Furthermore, pipelines to deliver contents may be defined, managed, and updated in a context-aware environment. This software was tested in the laboratory and was proven as a sustainable approach to manage multimedia/multisensory projects. It is currently being field-tested by an international multimedia company for further validation.

The paper presents a novel approach for prototyping interconnected products belonging to the Internet of Things context. The proposed solution aims at merging the benefits provided by monolithic vertical approaches (where all the IoT elements are pre-selected, from the hardware to the cloud) with those of horizontal solutions (that leave the freedom to select the single components and write the integration code). The proposed solution allows to speed up the prototyping process and lets the developers focus on coding the product behaviors rather than solving customization issues. The advantages of the proposed solution goes beyond the prototyping, as the prototype can be easily converted into an industrially viable solution. The paper ends with a real case application where the proposed stack is used for the development of an IoT unit that converts industrial refrigerators into smart connected systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]