IoTtalk is a low-code AIoT (AI and IoT) application development system built on the microservice concept. This talk uses interactive art as an example to demonstrate how an AIoT platform like IoTtalk can be used to conveniently create smart applications.

The advancement of IoT and cyber-physical interaction technologies has significantly enhanced interactive art, enabling participants to actively engage with art devices. Various tools and platforms have been proposed to develop these devices; however, interactive artworks are typically created through ad hoc approaches, requiring artists to invest substantial programming effort in device integration.

IoTtalk introduces a novel approach by treating all art devices in an interactive artwork as IoT devices that can be seamlessly reused through reconfiguration. This allows artworks developed independently by different artists to be quickly integrated, fostering the creation of new interactive applications. With IoTtalk’s no-code and low-code mechanisms, artists can manipulate their artworks with minimal or no programming effort.

Additionally, IoTtalk includes a built-in feature that enables audience members to interact with an artwork using their smartphones. To ensure high performance in cross-country remote interactive art, we conduct analytical analysis, simulations, and real-world measurements to assess communication delays. Our measurements show that the average local and remote communication delays are approximately 0.01 seconds and 0.05 seconds, respectively.

If an art performance is designed such that the average delay between two actions of a local (remote) performer exceeds 0.1 seconds, the probability of out-of-sequence actions remains below 0.01%. This means that a local dancer should perform at a slower pace than a remote dancer to maintain synchronization. Notably, such a delay analysis for remote interactive art performances has not been previously explored in the literature.