If you’ve never seen or heard of Augmented Reality before, then your in for a treat!
Augmented reality projects 3d objects ove real world enviroment, along with GPS mapping and image recognition, the systems being developed today are extremley advanced.
Check out this video from the Demo 2004 conference showing the latest in augmented reality technology. Since that time several large corporations have used forms of Augmented Reality as part of promotional or advertising campaigns. Large steps forward have also been made in the fields of Strategic War Planning and also in the healthcare industry.
Obviously the objects can only been seen either on a screen, or using special camera mounted 3D glasses, the results are simply stunning, can’t wait to see where this sort of technology goes from here……
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