Augmented reality

Augmented reality (often known as AR, not to be mixed with virtual reality and mixed reality.) is a computer technology that shows digital images on top of the current real world. For example it can show a digital table on top of a floor. It is different from virtual reality which makes a person feel they are somewhere else.

Augmented Reality Media

A man using an augmented reality headset to view a life-size virtual model of a building
An augmented reality mapping application
Types of extended reality (AR, MR, VR)
Virtual Fixtures – first AR system, U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (1992)
Photograph of the head-up display of a F/A-18C
A man wearing an augmented reality headset
An augmented reality app on a smartphone using GPS and a solid state compass
A user standing in the middle of a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
Comparison of fiducial markers used for 3D tracking in augmented reality

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