Come see some of the cool uses for augmented reality. Here's a look into education, training, entertainment, and professional applications of AR.
Dive in with your mobile device or a webcam!
Let's discuss some of the pros and cons of augmented reality. We'll talk about about the user experience and the coding side from a beginner's perspective.
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Let's take a look at some coded examples from PlayCanvas and
Unity using Vuforia for 3D applications.
See what's in store for the future of Augmented Reality. Is there any new tech on the horizon?
Who will dominate the 3D platform world?
Augmented reality offers something for everyone. Applications of augmented reality come in a wide range. There are applications for education, training, games, navigation, art, medicine, and home remodeling.
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Augmented reality has many positives, but the negative aspects are just as important to study in order to enhance future applications. In this section, the good and the bad are both covered to provide a well-rounded view of augmented reality.
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View some AR examples from augmented reality SDKs such as ARToolKit, PlayCanvas, and Unity featuring Vuforia. Simple examples will spark many possibilities for creative applications. Check out the business card that features a QR code and AR.
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Ivan Sutherland creates the first head mounted display nicknamed "Sword of Damocles".
Myron Krueger was able to show graphical overlays in his Videoplace installations.
The term "augmented reality" was first used by Caudell and Mizell at Boeing.
Steve Feiner, Blair MacIntyre, and Doreé Seligmann introduced KARMA, a system that integrated knowledge-based AR.
Fitzmaurice created the first handheld spatially aware display called the Chameleon which had a connected handheld LCD screen.
Andrei State shows medical AR application allowing doctors to see a fetus in a pregnant patient.
Rekimoto and Nagao created the first handheld AR display called the NaviCam.
Schmalstieg developed the first collaborative AR system called Studierstube.
Feiner created the first outdoor AR system called the Touring Machine.
The Japanese government and Canon Inc. jointly financed the Mixed Reality Systems Laboratory as a temporary research company.
Bruce Thomas and Wayne Piekarski published their work on an outdoor navigation system called Map-in-the-Hat.
Raskar introduced a teleprescence system that used light-scanning and a projector-camera system, called the Office of the Future.
Kato and Billinghurst released the first open-source software development platform for AR called ARToolKit.
Wagner and Schmalstieg introduced the first handheld AR system running independently on a “personal digital assistant”.
A multiplayer handheld AR game called the Invisible Train was revealed at the SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies show.
A proper feature tracking system for smartphones was presented.
Check out the augmented reality built into a business card. This can be customized for each person.
With technology constantly advancing with new and powerful smartphones, display headsets and glasses from makers like Oculus and Microsoft, and better geolocation applications, come see what's in store for augmented reality in the future.
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