From Stephan Huber, RestHttpDevice plugin for support of remote application control via Rest http.

applications/osgviewer/osgviewer.cpp

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <osgGA/TerrainManipulator>
 #include <osgGA/SphericalManipulator>
 
+#include <osgGA/Device>
+
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include <osg/GLExtensions>
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("--image <filename>","Load an image and render it on a quad");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("--dem <filename>","Load an image/DEM and render it on a HeightField");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("--login <url> <username> <password>","Provide authentication information for http file access.");
+    arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("--device <device-name>","add named device to the viewer");
 
     osgViewer::Viewer viewer(arguments);
 
@@ -182,6 +185,16 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             );
         }
     }
+    
+    std::string device;
+    while(arguments.read("--device", device))
+    {
+        osg::ref_ptr<osgGA::Device> dev = osgDB::readFile<osgGA::Device>(device);
+        if (dev.valid())
+        {
+            viewer.addDevice(dev.get());
+        }
+    }
 
     // set up the camera manipulators.
     {

applications/present3D/present3D.cpp

@@ -401,6 +401,36 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
         viewer.readConfiguration(configurationFile);
         doSetViewer = false;
     }
+
+    std::string device;
+    while (arguments.read("--device", device))
+    {
+        osg::ref_ptr<osgGA::Device> dev = osgDB::readFile<osgGA::Device>(device);
+        if (dev.valid())
+        {
+            viewer.addDevice(dev.get());
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (arguments.read("--http-control"))
+    {
+    
+        std::string server_address = "localhost";
+        std::string server_port = "8080";
+        std::string document_root = "htdocs";
+
+        while (arguments.read("--http-server-address", server_address)) {}
+        while (arguments.read("--http-server-port", server_port)) {}
+        while (arguments.read("--http-document-root", document_root)) {}
+
+        osg::ref_ptr<osgDB::Options> device_options = new osgDB::Options("documentRegisteredHandlers");
+
+        osg::ref_ptr<osgGA::Device> rest_http_device = osgDB::readFile<osgGA::Device>(server_address+":"+server_port+"/"+document_root+".resthttp", device_options);
+        if (rest_http_device.valid())
+        {
+            viewer.addDevice(rest_http_device.get());
+        }
+    }
     
     // set up stereo masks
     viewer.getCamera()->setCullMask(0xffffffff);