Features Of Using Augmented Reality In Daily Life
Augmented reality has been dubbed by many as The Next Big Thing in the world. Let us take a look at what is augmented reality and how it has the power to change the way we live.
Augmented reality is the use of technology to enhance our understanding of our surroundings using different sensory stimulations like visual, auditory and hepatic. In layman’s language, it allows us to see, hear and touch digital information so that the real world and the virtual world are merged together. In this way, it is different from virtual reality because it does not replace our reality but makes it richer by providing us more information about our surroundings. Let us take a look at how our lives will change by using augmented reality.
Education
Over the years we have seen how the classroom lectures have increasingly begun to incorporate technology to aid the teaching process. Augmented reality has the potential to take it up a notch so that the students can not only see a video explaining them various concepts but also interact with the subject matter in such a way which was unthinkable for the books. The complex diagrams and concepts will come alive around them which can not only improve the efficiency of teaching but also allows each student to learn at their own pace.
Commerce
It is not hard to imagine the kind of revolution which will happen in the world of online shopping if instead of a small 2 dimensional image of the product, customers could hold a digital replica in their hands. They can also learn about what is inside the packaging of a product in a shopping center without ever having to open a single box.
Architecture
Instead of endless diagrams and maps, architects can work directly with a 3D model of the buildings so that any structural fault or hazard can be figured out much more easily and the strength of the structure can be determined before a single brick has been laid. It is already being used to give a virtual tour of buildings to prospective buyers and owners to help them see for themselves exactly how the building will look once the construction is complete.
Tourism
Unpleasant trips can be prevented using Augmented Reality since you can see the place you want to visit before you actually reach there, and hence make a better decision whether you want to visit it or not.
Gaming
While Pokemon Go might have had the world out on the streets, the possibilities to make any movie, book or TV character come alive in the real world can change the world of gaming radically.
Apart from these specific things, our very perception of reality will undergo a change with the wide-spread use of augmented reality, since the line between the virtual and the real would become so blurred that it would appear one. As they say, once that happens, life will never be the same again!
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