Augmented Reality is making industrial work more productive

Augmented Reality is making industrial work more productive

Veolia Water Technologies, a transnational water treatment specialist firm, is partnering with a company called Fieldbit to bring Augmented Reality to the plant floor. Source: Augmented Reality is making industrial work more productive | Ars Technica Augment reality is the act of laying computer graphics onto the viewable world in realtime. If you’ve played Pokemon…

Create your own augmented reality field trip with Waypoint EDU

Create your own augmented reality field trip with Waypoint EDU

Matthew Braun, developer of SketchParty TV (one of my favorite Apple TV games), released a new app to do just that. Waypoint EDU uses AR to make the phone not only a learning tool, but a truly interactive experience that can take place outdoors. Or anywhere. Source: Field Trips Just Got Cooler: Waypoint EDU This looks…

What is the difference between augmented reality and virtual reality?

What is the difference between augmented reality and virtual reality?

Two technologies have been popping up a lot lately, augmented reality and virtual reality. What are they and how can they be used? Augmented reality Augmented reality overlays a computer generated display onto your view of your current surroundings. When viewing the world with augmented reality, the furniture in the room is still there, but…