Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality: Augmented Reality (AR) is similar to Virtual Reality (VR). It uses a mix of reality and VR to create AR. This is done by using objects surrounding you and adding boosting it with special effects being added to it. An example would be Snapchat filters. The selfie is of you, but it adds a special effect to your face as if you are something else. Below is a normal selfie of me. Next to it is the AR implement in which it adds a filter to make me a moose. This displays what AR is capable of when creating an alternate reality but using implements of reality to do so. Augmented reality dates back to 1968 where Ivan Sutherland invented 'The sword Of Damocles'. This was a head mounted display which had lenses that covered the eyes. It allowed the person wearing the device to see shapes that wouldn't normally appear to be there , through computer generated graphics projected the image onto the lenses . This was the earliest known stage o...







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