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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Member since:2005-07-11
I burst out laughing when I read the part about the iPhone being an A.R.device because it has a touch screen. What a joke.
Touchscreens have been around for a long damn time... I remember my first encounter with one back in '86. They've been in use on portable devices such as palm pilots for quite some time. This is not revolutionary at all, nor does it represent augmented reality.
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2005-07-30
I cannot agree the iPhone or the Wii can be seen as augmenting reality.
True augmented reality will happen when technology like Gibson's "Neuromancer" - simstims, jacking, now that is cool.