Linked by Kroc on Wed 7th Mar 2007 18:20 UTC
Augmented Reality is the overlapping of digital information and physical environment. Sci-Fi has often portrayed A.R. as interactive floating transparent computer screens projected into the air, or perhaps the most absolute example: standing inside an entirely computer generated world.
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True A.R. will come evetually I think, but to get there, the mouse will have to go first. A screen-in-the-air would be a pain to use if you had to stand there trying to interact with the data with a trackball in your hand instead of reaching out and 'grabbing' the data.
I think that the Wii & iPhone are A.R., but just primitive A.R. The way the Wii allows you to swing a golf club in the game, but have the feeling of a golf club in your hands by having something to hold, and move in direct correlation with the virtual world is a form of A.R. imo. Things have a long way to go, but it's all exciting!