Augmented Reality

https://www.vrs.org.uk/augmented-reality/

Augmented reality is essentially where 3D models or videos are projected and look like you are really there. The ability to use mobile devices such as a smartphone makes augmented reality such a hot topic. A phone using the right app can take the 2D image found through the phone camera and augment it in some way with sound or pictures. There are options such as Google Glass that keep projects what is being seen instead of seeing through the mobile device. There are many options available to achieve augmented reality. The end result is the same though and that is digital information blending with the analog world. The largest development of augmented reality has been in the gaming and education worlds. We are going to see more and more augmented reality in our daily lives as time goes on. It will become part of the daily norm. If you own a smartphone it is just an app away from having augmented reality at your fingertips.

The implications this technology has now is that while there are a nice number of people who use it there are still a large number of people who do not. I feel like people that I have asked about using augmented reality they don't really know what it is or how it works. I think in the future advertising and free apps on more than just primarily on Apple devices will bring more awareness to augmented reality, what it is and how it works. The more user friendly it is the better.