Some people strongly believe that AR-technology is not as cool as a virtual reality and they may turn to be quite right. But still the first one can change the life to better and bring something quite interesting in every separate moment.
This technology has a great potential which is worth paying attention to. To begin with it is able to bring some elements virtual area to the real one. Put it differently, a person has amazing opportunity to feel, hear and see ordinary things in unusual way. Additionally, AR-technology has a lot of variations which should be mentioned as well.
What are common kinds of AR-technology
The following technology has wide possibilities almost in any sphere: commercial, entertaining, and social. Addition the real world with virtual objects, AR-technology helps, entertains and of course teaches. It is constantly improved, so there is no doubt: it is the choice of future. Here are the best known variations of it:
- Image Recognition uses some type of visual marker and a simple camera for presenting a result.
- Location-based kind uses digital compass or suchlike thing that is put in gadget to show info based on person’s location. The most significant advantage of this kind of AR-technology is presence on smartphones. It is used to find nearby businesses, some directions on the map etc.
- Superimposition replaces the original view of a chosen object with a fresh look of same object. The great example of using this kind is introduced in well-known Ikea catalogue of furniture. One just needs to download a special app and afterwards place virtual furniture in any room of the house.
Today, modern technologies allow people to read image of surrounding reality with cameras and understand it using image recognition algorithms. Final premise for appearing of augmented reality was desire of people to add to the world things which do not exist at all or even are impossible. Those who feel the same can definitely appreciate such great option.
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