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Tech
Funda
Augment means to make greater in size or amount.
AR is not a new technology. It was used in the display panels of fighter aircraft in the 1990s. The
panel displayed information about the altitude, direction and speed of the aircraft. A few years
later the panels displayed the target objects.
In 2009, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s developed SixthSense. It is a small device that
is worn like a pendant and combines the use of a camera, small projector, smartphone and
mirror. The projector and the camera are connected to the mobile device in the user’s pocket.
The projector projects the visual information on physical surfaces such as walls and other objects.
The camera recognizes and tracks the user’s hand gestures with the help of computer-vision
techniques.
SixthSense device
Google Glass created in 2013 is an example of wearable AR
interface. It helps the user to remain focussed on the work. It
displays on the user’s glass screen through a small projector.
It responds to voice commands to activate an application any
Google Glass time.
AR enters the lives of most people through phones and tablets. Vito Technology’s Star Walk
app lets a user point their phone or tablet camera at the sky and see the names of stars and
planets superimposed on the image. One more app called Layar uses the GPS location of the
smartphone and the camera to collect information about the user’s surroundings.
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