Augmented Reality

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Introduction¹

A brief introduction to Augmented Reality (Stephen Davies)

What is Augmented Reality? (Jesse Emspak, Live Science)

Dictionary

Augmented reality : an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device (as a smartphone camera); also : the technology used to create augmented reality — Webster See also OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary

Encyclopedia

Augmented reality (AR)is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer. As a result, the technology functions by enhancing one’s current perception of reality. By contrast, virtual reality replaces the real world with a simulated one. Augmentation is conventionally in real-time and in semantic context with environmental elements, such as sports scores on TV during a match. With the help of advanced AR technology (e.g. adding computer vision and object recognition) the information about the surrounding real world of the user becomes interactive and digitally manipulable. Artificial information about the environment and its objects can be overlaid on the real world. — Wikipedia

Britannica

Portal

AR Upload Portal

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Innovation

AR Innovations (reddit)

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Preservation

History

The MIT roots of Google Glass, the wearable information display (Scott Kirsner)
Steve Mann: My “Augmediated” Life: What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized eyewear (Steve Mann, IEEE Spectrum)

Library

WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library

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Participation

Education

Course

OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

News

Venture Beat,, NPR Archives

The New Yorker published an edition with a front and back cover illustrated by Christoph Niemann that is actually an “augmented reality” (AR) application.

Christoph Niemann’s “On the Go” (Françoise Mouly and Mina Kaneko, The New Yorker)

Book

ISBNdb

Government

Document

USA.gov

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Expression

Fun

Toy

Get real! How augmented reality toys could make VR feel like a gimmick (Jon Martindale, Digital Trends)

Lego

Game

Pokémon GO (Official Website, Niantic), Pokémon Go (Wikipedia)

11 best AR apps and games for Android – Augmented Reality (Joe Hindy, Android Authority)

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Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Media

These are media related subjects organized by function.

Function	Communications	Computation	Storage	Authoring	Simulation
Analog	Mail	Device	Paper	Typewriter	Automaton
Electronic	Network	Calculator	Tape	Recorder	Elektro
Digital	Internet	Computer
Hardware	Modem	Microprocessor	Memory	Peripheral	Robot, XR
Software	Service (Web)	Program (OS)	Database	Application	AI, VW

These are types of media formats.

Format Multimedia (Video, Animation) Image (Object) Scent, Flavor, Audio (Text) Haptic, “Other“

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Notes

1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.

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