What is augmented reality, and how can it be used?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How will Augmented Reality affect a variety of different fields in the future and how likely is Augmented Reality to be used in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Augmented\nreality is \u201ca technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a\nuser\u2019s view of the real world, thus providing a composite view.\u201d (Google\nDictionary). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Augmented reality is a technology that expands our physical world by adding several layers of digital information onto it. However Virtual Reality (VR) unlike Augmented Reality does not create whole artificial environments to replace the real one. Instead it appears in the direct view of an already existing environment whilst adding graphics, video and sound to it. Thus heightening our vision and other senses of the real world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The name of\nVirtual Reality was conceived in the 1990\u2019s and it was first commercially used\nin television and the military. Now that the internet and smartphones is common\nplace in the 21st<\/sup> century, the next generation of Augmented Reality\nhas been rolled out and is predominantly interconnected to a more interactive\nconcept. One way this is being done is by 3D models being directly projected\nonto physical things, another way this is being done is 3D models being fused\ntogether with other things in real-time. There are a wide variety of Augmented\nReality apps that impact our social life and habits as well as the\nentertainment industry as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are 4\nmain types of Augmented Reality today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Augmented\nReality is not a new invention and the concept has been referenced as the early\n1900\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1900 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1950 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1960 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1970 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1980 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1980 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1990 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 21st<\/sup>\ncentury many different businesses need to adapt to the difficulties facing\nthem. One of the ways they are doing this is by embracing the new technologies\nsuch as Augmented Reality. They are using these technologies to innovate and\nmake their businesses more efficient and profitable in both the short and the\nlong term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nhealthcare sector is one of the industries in which Augmented Reality is having\nthe biggest effect. Augmented Reality is being used and is having a drastic\neffect on the quality of treatment patients are receiving, it is also vastly\nimproving the performance of medical professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the\nways in which Augmented Reality is helping doctors is by overlaying CT scans on\ntheir bodies. Whereas surgeries used to be invasive and require several\nmonitors and endoscopic scanners, currently only require a pair of Augmented\nReality goggles\/glasses which feeds the surgeons all the relevant information\nthat they need, this allows them to stay focused on their tasks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Augmented\nReality is also being used to educate in the healthcare industry. One way in\nwhich this is being done is by showing the impacts and effects of different\ndiseases as well as what happens as time goes on. This helps doctors in\ntraining to learn the pathology and consequences of many different conditions\nwhich in turn helps in providing more effective prevention and treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Education <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another\nsector where Augmented Reality is having the greatest effect is the education\nsector. Learning is becoming more enjoyable for children who are visual\nlearners and more enjoyable for adults to teach. Also it is vastly improving\nthe education of children who are developmentally challenged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are\ndozens of ways Augmented Reality is being used in education. For example if a child\nwas to point an Augmented Reality enabled device at a picture of a dog, the\nwould be able to see what sound it makes, give you some facts about dogs and\nteach you more about dogs through interactive quizzes and videos. This\ninteractivity has a big improvement on children\u2019s attention span and will to\nlearn, whilst also making children more involved in the learning process which\nmeans they are more likely to remember what they learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However\nAugmented Reality is not only being used in school based environments but also\nin other environments such as at landmarks or museums. For example visitors in\na museum can download an app which they can proceed to point at an exhibit or a\nQR code, this will enable them to access more information on the exhibit and receive\na more interactive and in-depth tour of the exhibit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Automotive <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Augmented\nReality is being used for many different things in this industry. Many car\nmanufacturers have started using Augmented Reality to create cars before\nmanufacturing the physical counterpart. Many carmakers are also using Augmented\nReality to experiment and create different ways of improving the driving\nexperience, one example of this is see-through displays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Military <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the\nsectors where Augmented Reality is having the greatest effect is in the\nmilitary. It is being used for various things such as enhancing training and\nsituational awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Augmented\nImmersive Team Training (AITT) is a training system that uses a Augmented\nReality enables goggles attached to a combat helmet that projects realistic and\nlife-sized training scenarios into a marines line of sight. Tactical Augmented\nReality (TAR) is another Augmented Reality based system that has been designed\nand developed by the US army to see who is a friendly and who is an enemy\nduring a military operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nhead-mounted display called ARC-4 that integrates state-of-the-art head\ntracking sensors, software for network management and intuitive UI that is used\nto render significant augmented information into a soldier\u2019s field of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An industry\nwhere Augmented Reality has created a strong foot-hole is the retail industry.\nBusinesses are using Augmented Reality for many different tasks such as proving\nan unprecedented level of interaction both online and in-store between their\nproducts and their customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Augmented reality is a technology that expands our physical world by adding several layers of digital information onto it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat are the\nmain types of Augmented Reality?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A brief\nhistory of AR<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
AR in\ndifferent sectors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n