Mixed reality user interfaces: Specification, authoring, adaptation

Current trends in high-performance, mobile computing devices suggest that Mixed Reality applications will not only be available for experts in predefined settings but also for everyday users in an often changing context. Mixed Reality applications could be run in different hardware setups, at different context conditions, and they will have to accommodate configuration and adaptation both at compile and run-time. Such new scenarios will require novel methods for specification, novel tools for application authoring, and novel ways to include adaptation into non-functional requirements of MR applications, among other key elements in this future software line. We believe, these issues are important features in the future of MR, and solutions to them will be essential to overcome the complexity of development in a world with several options for devices and levels of computational power, as well as with heterogeneous users possessing various levels of experiences, skills and personal preferences.