Augmented Reality

What is it and why is it used? By whom?  Augmented reality is when reality and ICT meets together.  We can use augmented reality when we’re picking restaurants, in aircraft, in entertainment, in medical, shopping and even when we’re reading bed time story.  It’s use by: Normal people, tourist, pilot, teachers and Children.

What hardware & software do you need to use augmented reality? Hardware Software  Smart phone  Monitor  Glasses  Camera  Specific software for example: the 3D and Google street view.  Analogue to digital convertor  Compass

What is GPS?  GPS stands for Global Positioning System  GPS is a navigation system which use satellites to pinpoint your position on the globe.  Can navigate cars, ships and airplanes.  When emergency happens GPS can make it quicker for help to get there faster.

What are the advantages of augmented reality?  Can see how it is even though even haven’t been there.  Can find where the hotel we book for the vacation – prevent lost  Before if we’re going into a foreign country we have to rely on maps. So of them is not updated and something might be very hard to find.

Google Street View  Google street view show you an street view of almost anyplace in the world  You could ‘walk’ on the street of a completely different country without leaving your seat.  Use in animation. Animator don’t have to draw all the background in the animation anymore. That could use picture from the Google street view and out in effects.

Example of Google street view in animation.

What are the possible drawbacks?  If yours using it to find an restaurant or leading you somewhere and the battery of your phone run-out for example everything would be over.  When it has games like a first-person shooting game it would be to real and people would be into the game to much. - crime  If the information is not updated then I would be inaccurate.  Young people couldn’t separate which is really reality.