Creating a 3D Multi-Dataset Bubble in Support of OGC Testbed-19 and Metaverse Standards Prototypes

Open Geospatial Consortium Testbeds are an annual research and development initiative that explore geospatial technology. For Testbed-19 we generate a multipurpose 3D dataset in support of the development of Augmented Reality/Metaverse architectures and infrastructure prototypes: Road Hazard Monitoring, Mixed Euclidean and Minkowski GeoPose Graphs, and GeoPose Graphs in a Minkowski Bubble. The dataset comprises: LiDAR capture, position and orientation, video/imagery from a survey vehicle, drone imagery, static camera and GoPro imagery, and derived data. This is extended by a simulated orbiting platform with high-resolution sensor. Our coverage is a bubble of radius 256 m, centered near the Ordnance Survey headquarters in Southampton, UK. The data is published in an open-source repository to support OGC projects, and a prototype of parts of the Ride Hailing use case of the Metaverse Standards Forum—Real/Virtual World Integration Domain Working Group. Open availability of this standard dataset will enable independent testing and benchmarking of architectures and algorithms for a variety of mobile applications.