Augmented Reality

 

What is Augmented Reality?

Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays graphics and information onto a real-time view of the world. This differs from virtual reality, where everything you see is simulated.

At the heart of an AR system is the graphics display. It needs to display information, without obstructing your view. Currently, smart glasses, tablets, phones, and visors are being used to accomplish this. In the future, contact lenses, holograms, or brain-machine interfaces could be used.

Behind the scenes, an AR system needs to make sense of what is in view of the user, and have the applicable information available to display. That requires a head-mounted camera and a computer with access to the cloud.

Augmented reality systems can be used for marketing, computing, education, gaming, travel, training and more. Augmented reality will likely become popular long before virtual reality, because AR has more practical applications than VR, and it takes less computing power.

Augmented Reality Articles and Web Sites

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• Vuzix brings wearable AR to extreme environments from New Atlas

• Meta's Ray-Bans Became My Favorite Post-Surgery Recovery Gadget from CNET

• Mixed reality technology makes its way into the operating room from UAB News

• All-in-One AR Glasses from Trend Hunter

• The Future of AR Beyond the Vision Pro Is Already Brewing from CNET

• Walmart shows off its progress with augmented reality showrooms from VentureBeat

• Augmented reality comes to regular glasses from Stanford Report

• Did Stanford just prototype the future of AR glasses? from The Verge

• I just saw the future of mobile gaming through AR glasses, and it looks wild from Tom's Guide

• The future of augmented reality is AI from Computer World

• BMW Launches Smart Glasses That Give Motorcyclists a Heads-Up Display from Gizmodo

• What is Augmented Reality and how does AR work? from Geeky Gadgets

• Meta’s first AR headset aims to be a first-ever of its kind from Mixed Reality News

• TCL's RayNeo X2 AR Glasses Live-Translate Conversations for Me from CNET

• Niantic is making an augmented reality basketball game with the NBA from Engadget

• Watch the Apple RoomPlan API empty a room of furniture, ready for augmented reality shopping from 9to5mac

• Mojo's Smart Contact Lenses Begin In-Eye Testing from CNET

• Google will test the features of its next-gen AR glasses in public from NextPit

• AR’s first great use: never get lost again from Freethink

• These Apple VR/AR headset rumors could make me a virtual reality convert from Tom's Guide

• Amazon launches AR-powered virtual shoe try-on in its iOS app from The Verge

• Behind Mark Zuckerberg big plans for AR glasses from The Verge

• Looking Through Mojo Vision’s Newest AR Contact Lens from IEEE Spectrum

• 7 augmented reality toys to help your children start living in the future from Interesting Engineering

• Google is working on an AR headset, report says from CNET

• Tom's Guide posted Apple AR: Three things we just learned — and four big unknowns

• Watch Facebook reveal AR glasses Project Nazare CNET video

• Incredibly realistic AR spiders are here to help you battle arachnophobia from CNET

• Spin posted The Reality Behind AR and VR

• Turn 1000+ images into Augmented Reality models in just a few clicks video

• Oculus posted Mixed Reality with Passthrough

• Snapchat's new study shows how AR/VR has influenced the shopping behavior of consumers from Digital information World

• Artists reimagine monuments through augmented reality from PBS

• IEEE Spectrum posted New AR System Alters Sight, Sound and Touch

• Augmented reality will change the way we buy and drive cars from CNET

• AR: The cutting-edge technology slowly changing your reality from The Sydney Morning Herald

• Mojo Vision: This is the first AR contact lens video

• AVNetwork posted How AR/VR Can Elevate Learning Experiences

• Outdoor AR Navigation Demo - Night video

• The Curator’s Tour of Unreal City augmented reality art exhibit video along the Southbank of the River Thames

• NASA iTech Forum - Mojo Vision Augmented Reality Contact Lenses video

• Augmented reality for dogs on Engineering and Technology

• Godview 5K AR/MR Smart Glasses video review

• Competition in MR (Mixed Reality) Glasses Market to Heat Up With PhotonLens from AR Post

• AR isn’t just ‘exciting’, it’s practical: Here’s how to use it for your business is an article about augmented reality on The Next Web

• Blending realities with the ARCore Depth API - Youtube

• Microsoft HoloLens 2 is now available: This is what its AR does - Youtube

• A new reality: AR changes how technicians work and learn is an article on fleetowner.com about using AR, VR, and XR for training and maintenance of vehicles.

• Facebook Might Have Just Given Us a Peek at Our Wild AR Future - gizmodo.com

• Augmented Reality is Ready To Level Up Your Customer Experience - customerthink.com

• Augmented Reality Interaction Interface for Autonomous Drone - Youtube

• The Amazing Things We Can Do with Virtual and Augmented Reality - mindmatters.ai

• Johns Hopkins Uses Augmented Reality To Perform Major Surgeries - cbslocal.com

• Virtual and augmented reality: warnings about the ethical dangers - eurekalert.org

• The Future of Augmented Reality Blends Virtual With Real-life Perspectives - northropgrumman.com

• VR/AR: Where We Are, and Where We Came From - Techopedia

• Harry Potter AR Invisibility Cloak unveiled - HeyUGuys

• Augmented reality is coming to your car - CNET

• New Stanford research examines how augmented reality affects people’s behavior - Stanford

• 5 Breakthroughs Coming Soon in Augmented and Virtual Reality - Singularity Hub

• How augmented reality put five Madonnas on stage at once - Engadget

• Augmented Reality: Three reasons why AR is driving the next era of digital retail - Chain Store Age

• What Is Augmented Reality? - Next.Reality.news

• What is augmented reality, anyway? - The Conversation