Augmented Reality

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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 — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

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

Augmented Reality (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Understanding virtual reality and augmented reality (GFC Global)

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

What Are the Differences Among Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality? (Eric Johnson, Recode)

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Inspiration

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)

Talks about Augmented Reality (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Augmented Reality (Big Think)

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Innovation

AR Innovations (reddit)

Augmented reality: A Class of Displays on the Reality-Virtuality Continuum (Paul Milgram, Haruo Takemura, Akira Utsumi & Fumio Kishino, The International Society for Optical Engineering)
Revisiting Milgram and Kishino’s Reality-Virtuality Continuum (Richard Skarbez, Missie Smith & Mary C. Whitton, Frontiers)

Technology

Best Augmented-Reality Apps (Brandon Widder, Digital Trends)

Google ARCore, Apple ARKit, Hoverlay, Vuforia, Unity

Commerce

The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History (Ana Javornik, Harvard Business Review)

VRcompare: The Internet’s Largest VR & AR Headset Database

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Preservation

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Course

Augmented Reality Courses (edX)

News

Augmented Reality (Venture Beat)
Augmented Reality News (XR Today)

Augmented Reality (JSTOR)
Augmented Reality (NPR Archives)

Government

Document

Augmented Reality (USA.gov)

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Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Media

Function	Communications	Computation	Storage	Creation	Simulation
Analog	Mail	Device	Paper	Type, Print	Automaton
Electronic	Network	Calculator	Tape	Record	Elektro
Digital	Internet	Computer
Hardware	Modem	Microprocessor	Memory	Peripheral	Robot, XR
Software	Service (Web)	Program (OS, SS)	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

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