Augumented Reality
"A digital layer placed over the physical world in a way that allows you to still be present." - Meta
Types of AR
on Browser - WebAR
on Mobile App
on Social Media
1968 - Sword of Damocles by Ivan Sutherland
SLAM - Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
process by which technologies like smartphones, robots analyze, understand and orient themselves around the world.
requires data collecting hardware like cameras, gyroscope, depth sensors
Types of Tracking in AR
The similarities and differences between AR and VR
The most obvious difference is in the hardware itself.
A VR experience must be viewed in some kind of headset, whether it’s powered by a smartphone or connected to a high-end PC.
VR headsets require powerful, low-latency displays capable of projecting complete digital worlds without dropping a frame.
AR technology does not share this requirement. You can hold up your phone and have a headset-free AR experience any time.
Augmented reality is direct or indirect live view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are "augmented" by computer-generated perceptual information.
Virtual reality is the use of computer technology to create a simulated environment, placing the user inside an experience.
Both technologies enable us to experience computing more like we experience the real world; they make computing work more like we do in regular life-- in a 3D space.
In terms of how the two technologies are used, think of it like this.
VR transports you to a new experience. You don’t just get to see a place, you feel what it’s like to be there.
AR brings computing into your world, letting you interact with digital objects and information in your environment.
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