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Anirudh edited this page Aug 16, 2018 · 3 revisions

What is Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality or AR is a view of the physical, real world environment that is augmented or enhanced by synthetic computer generated elements.

Types of Augmented Reality

There are different types of Augmented Reality depending on the types of applications and use cases.

1. Marker based AR

These types of markers make use of specific visual markers like Aruco marker, QR code marker, Image marker etc.

2. Marker-less AR

Marker-less AR application recognises things that were not directly provided to the application beforehand. This scenario makes use of some colours, location, accelerometer and gyroscope values or features in the image to place the augmented object.

3. Projection based AR

This technology makes use of projectors or lights to artificially project items on a surface.

4. Superimposition based AR

Superimposition based augmented reality either partially or fully replaces the original view of an object with a newly augmented view of that same object.

What are the uses of Augmented Reality ?

Games

Games such as Pokemon Go made use of marker-less AR and location services to place game characters with which the player can interact.

Medical

Superimposition and Projection based AR techniques are used to guide and help the doctors during the surgery.

Marketing

AR can help enhance the shopping experience by making it more interactive with the customer. IKEA makes use of AR in its application.

Engineering

AR is being used in CAD

Reading List

https://www.realitytechnologies.com/augmented-reality/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27229465/difference-between-marker-based-and-markerless-augmented-reality
https://dev.to/theninehertz/what-is-augmented-reality--types-of-ar-and-future-of-augmented-reality--1en0