British Standards Institution

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, IST/31 is responsible for developing standards for immersive technologies (AR/MR/VR and XR), and for contributing to the work of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 developers of such standards as: Augmented reality continuum presentation and interchange, Augmented reality continuum concepts and reference model and lastly, all matters of health, safety, security and usability of these technologies.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (17)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
ISO/IEC PWI 23620-1	VR/AR/MR based information systems for learning, education, and training -- Part 1: Terminology and concepts Categories: Terminology. Principles and coordination \| Standardization. General rules \| Services \| Education \| ICT \| Information technology \| Information technology applications Proposal begins : 2023-12-06	Proposal
ISO/IEC PWI 18038-2	Computer graphics, image processing and environmental representation — Sensor representation in mixed and augmented reality — Part 2: Information model Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Computer graphics Proposal begins : 2023-09-26	Proposal
ISO/IEC PWI 12087-5.2	Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation — Image Processing and Interchange (IPI) — Functional specification — Part 5: Basic Image Interchange Format (BIIF) Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Computer graphics Proposal begins : 2023-07-21	Proposal
ISO/IEC NP 3721-2 - ISO/IEC 21858-2	Information model for mixed and augmented reality: — Part 2: Part 2: Augmentation Style Specification' Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Image technology Proposal begins : 2019-10-24	Proposal
ISO/IEC NP 24940	Information technology -- Computer vision --Terminology Categories: Terminology. Principles and coordination \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology Proposal begins : 2023-12-06	Proposal
ISO/IEC NP 20538	Human Information Data Model for 3D Virtual Smart Cities Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Computer graphics Proposal begins : 2023-01-10	Proposal
ISO/IEC NP 20538	Human Information Data Model for 3D Virtual Smart Cities Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Computer graphics Proposal begins : 2023-02-16	Proposal
ISO/IEC NP 19775-1	Information technology -- Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation -- Extensible 3D (X3D) -- Part 1: Architecture and base components Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Information technology. General \| Software \| Computer graphics Proposal begins : 2021-02-11	Proposal
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 N4319 - ISO/IEC NP TS 5147	"Information technology - Guidelines for Representation and Visualization of Smart Cities" Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Information technology. General \| Software \| Information technology applications Proposal begins : 2020-03-27	Proposal
ISO/IEC 24931-1	Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation — Metaverse — Part 1: Concepts, Definitions and Terminology Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Information technology \| Computer graphics Proposal begins : 2023-12-01	Proposal

Published (21)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/IEC TS 5147:2023	Information technology. Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation. Guidelines for representation and visualization of smart cities Categories: Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2023-10-13	Published standard
PD ISO/IEC TS 23884:2021	Information technology. Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation. Material property and parameter representation for model-based haptic simulation of objects in virtual, mixed and augmented reality (VR/MAR) Categories: Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2022-05-25	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 8806-4:1991	Information technology. Computer graphics. Graphical Kernel System for three dimensions (GKS-3D) language bindings. C Categories: Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2001-09-03	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 8651-4:1995	Information technology. Computer graphics. Graphical Kernel System (GKS) language bindings. C Categories: Information technology. Languages \| Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2001-09-03	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 8632-4:1999	Information technology. Computer graphics. Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information. Clear text encoding Categories: \| Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2001-09-03	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 7942-1:1994	Information technology. Computer graphics and image processing. Graphical Kernel System (GKS). Functional description Categories: Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2001-09-03	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 5927:2024	Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation. Augmented and virtual reality safety. Guidance on safe immersion, set up and usage Categories: Information technology. General Published standard begins : 2024-02-21	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 3721:2023	Information technology. Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation. Information model for mixed and augmented reality content. Core objects and attributes. Part 1: Core Objects and Attributes Categories: Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2023-09-29	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 23488:2022	Information technology. Computer graphics, image processing and environment data representation. Object/environmental representation for image-based rendering in virtual/mixed and augmented reality (VR/MAR) Categories: Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2022-07-08	Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 21145:2023	Information technology. Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation. Style representation for mixed and augmented reality. Part 2: Augmentation Style Specification' Categories: Computer graphics Published standard begins : 2023-09-29	Published standard

Withdrawn (2)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO/IEC 9973:2006	Information technology. Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation. Procedures for registration of items Categories: Computer graphics Withdrawn begins : 2018-12-11	Withdrawn
BS ISO/IEC 14772-1:1997	Information technology. Computer graphics and image processing. The Virtual Reality Modelling Language. Functional specification and UTF-8 encoding Categories: Information technology. Languages Withdrawn begins : 2006-08-08	Withdrawn

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Nominating organizations

Academy of International Extended Reality
Adtentus Ltd
AMRC Cymru
Bloc Digital Ltd.
City University
Committee Manager
Durham University
Facebook
FlyingBinary Ltd
Foster & Partners
FTI Consulting
G S C Associates
Huawei Technologies
I E T - Institution of Engineering and Technology
Individual Capacity - Product Safety Expert
Innovate UK
Intelligraphics Inc
Manufacturing Technology Centre Ltd
National Cyber Security Centre
Nine Tiles
Open University
Operational Solutions Ltd
Outgoing Chair
Rolls-Royce Plc
Sagey 11 Ltd
Thales Training and Simulation
The Immersive KIND XR Studio
Trilateral Research
Unity Technologies
University of Kent
University of Sheffield
VISR Dynamics
Welsh Water
XRTech
Youbiquo Ltd

Liaisons with other committees

Individual Capacity - Game Design Expert
Secretary - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 24

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Committee Chair

Standards Development

IST/31 - Immersive Technologies

Committee standards activity