Application of Augmented Reality in Various Fields
By Henri Doolin
Augmented reality (AR) refers to the process of enhancing or amplifying the visuals of the real world that we see through our eyes, with the help of computer generated imagery. The motive behind augmented reality is to add description and definition to the real world places or objects. It is different from virtual reality as virtual reality only creates computer simulated environment. Augmented reality takes real world object or space as the base and combines various technologies that add appropriate information to help the person understand better about that space or subject. For example, a fighter pilot on the battlefield calculating trajectory of enemy's location with the help of AR. In this case, the augmented reality used by the pilot includes a headgear incorporated with a computer interface and other satellite and radar technologies that maps data of the geographical battlefield. Additionally, AR also adds voice speech, various other co-ordinates, atmospheric or climatic information and much more that increases the success rate of the pilot on a mission.
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Application of Augmented Reality in Various Fields[/caption]The technology is rapidly advancing in recent years and has been started to put into many fields that includes aviation (commercial airlines), where the pilot gets important information regarding landscape, maps, instructions, climate, and technical info about the plane itself; museums, where the various artefacts can be tagged with descriptions such as when and where it was forged or found, its historical details, etc.; medical, where patients data can be accessed by doctors for diagnostics; training, where information regarding the mechanism or how things work can be provided to the engineering students; and in automobile industries, where car manufacturers integrate AR's navigational feature to windscreen that provides driving directions to the driver.
Furthermore, augmented reality can also act as an informative and entertainment tool for an ordinary person. There are many cell phone AR applications that can be downloaded by the user and use it for informative purpose. Some of the multiple platform applications that are available in the market are Wikitude, Google Goggles, Layar, SpotCrime, Augmented Colors, Augmented Car Finder, Google Sky Map, AR Invaders, Lookator, TagWhat and much more.
Augmented reality has received a good acceptance from the people all around the world despite being relatively new developing technology. Though it is not fully developed, technological giants from all across the globe are constantly investing in research and development for the same. Moreover, CG artists from various places has also come together to provide 3D content for AR environment.
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