Augmented Reality

Immersion 2014 will be showing the cultural impact that digital technologies have on our lives today. In Immersion 2014, it will feature many new and exciting module based conference format. It will include things like Entertainment, Arts and Culture, and even Human-Computer Interaction.

I will be addressed Augmented Reality in this blog post today. It is a form immersion that can be found at the conference. We will be exploring the technologies that come with Augmented Reality and what it can bring to this new type of education that we are looking at today. It is new and exciting and will change the way we can bring education to the masses.

Let's go over what Augmented Reality actually is. It is a live director in indirect view of a real world scenario or environment where the elements inside are generated by a computer using sound and graphics. The technology that it uses enhances one's perception of reality. The possibilities are endless on what you can do with this technology.

Some of the hardware that are included in this technology are processors, sensors, and display devices. Smartphones these days and even tablets have cameras and sensors that make it usable to Augmented Reality. An even more example of this is a an HMD, or a head mounted display. This uses a helmet which places images of not only the physical world but also virtual objects in the person's view.

Another piece of hardware we can look at is HUD's. We actually have seen the development of these lately with google glass and even more recently Microsoft's HoloLens. HUD's only augment a part of one's view, instead of enveloping all of the vision. It can display things like weather, take photos by voice, and listen to the commands that the user gives it. This is the future of head technology, where a normal sunglass will be able to act like a smart phone.

Furthermore, there is also Augmented Reality that does not go on the head or cover the view of the user. SAR, or Spatial Augmented Reality uses a projector in order to project graphics onto physical objects. Examples of these are mobile projectors and smart projectors. This kind of system can display images on any surface. Some people find this type of Augmented Reality to be better because they are able to go around physical and see the graphics that are projected.