This is what I felt about Augmented Reality (AR)...

Augmented Reality is a cool new tool

in the digital space.You place a paper

in front of the webcam & you get to see

some awesome 3D graphics!!! It is

mainly used in advertising only.

...but, I was so wrong.

things I didn't know about

Augmented Reality (AR)

Here are few...

Augmented Reality is not just a tool,but a full-fledged language.

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2The roots of AR goes back to 1960’s: “Ivan

Sutherland, the computer graphics pioneer, is

largely credited with the concept of Augmented

Reality. The Head-Mounted Display, which was

prototyped by Ivan Sutherland in the late 1960’s,

started out as an AR viewing device. . .”

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Augmented Reality was introduced as the opposite of virtual reality; instead of creating of synthesized & purely information environment, the goal of AR is to augment the real world with virtual information.

AR is like adding a layer of computer-based information <in real time> to the existing real-physical space.

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AR transforms the focus of interaction. It enhances what we see and experience

INTERACTION

Precise location, face-to-face exchange

INTERACTION

Whole environment, surrounding space & objects

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6(Lesser-known)

Applications of AR.

Sports Education

MedicalDefense

Mechanical

Tourism

Entertainment

Architecture

7This is day is not far....