Jeremy Siborg & Nick Lauzon

Definition

Augmented Reality = integrating

computer input into real world

environments.

Definition Continued

AR=closer to real world than virtual

reality

Basics

Next step from lines seen when watching

football

Marker vs. Location Based

Location – GPS and compass.

Marker – image recognition.

Cell Phone AR

Layar, Wikitude

AR browsers

Camera, GPS, compass

Video Games

Baseball cards

Webcam

Human Pac Man

goggles

Military

Head-mounted

Soldiers’ field of vision:

Blueprints, drone views

Challenges

Indoors

Cell phone screens= small

New Technologies

Rather than cell phones:

Contact lenses

glasses

Google Glass

Eyeglasses

Display computer-generated input

Speech commands & web search

Google Glass

Examples/uses:

Firefighters –building floor plans

Directions

sports - stats

Microsoft – Smart Glasses

Patent

Rumored use: gaming

Sixth Sense ($350)

Wearable device that interprets hand

gestures.

Product information.

Sixth Sense

Classroom

App connects:

Professor= AR glasses

Students= use smart phones

Works Cited

http://www.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm

http://mashable.com/category/augmented-reality/

http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/it-glossary/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-augmented-reality