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Augmented reality

Augmented reality (AR), also known as mixed reality (MR), is a form of 3D human–computer interaction that overlays real-time 3D-rendered computer graphics into the real world through a display, such as a handheld device or head-mounted display. This experience is seamlessly interwoven with the physical world such that it is perceived as an immersive…

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Comparison with mixed reality/virtual reality

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Augmented reality

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Avg. degree1.98
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Augmented reality

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related to Earliest developments · 48
Augmented reality → ACM, An, Andrei State, AR, Armstrong, Blair MacIntyre, Boeing, Caudell, Communications, David Drascic, Doree Seligmann, Douglas George, Gavan Lintern, George Fitzmaurice, Graphics Interface, HIT, Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Illinois, Ivan Sutherland, Julius Grodski
related to Smartphone AR and modern headsets · 26
Augmented reality → Adobe Flash, Android, Apple, Apple Vision Pro, ARKit, ARToolkit, FLARToolkit, HoloLens, In, July, Leap Motion, Magic Leap, Magic Leap One, Meta Platforms, Meta Quest, Metaio, Microsoft, Munich-based, Niantic, Orion AR
related to Military · 16
Augmented reality → Air Force Maui Optical, An, AR, Armstrong Laboratories, Debris Correlation Using, In, It, Louis Rosenberg, Published, Rockwell International, Rockwell WorldView System, System, The, This, United States Air Force, Virtual Fixtures
see also · 16
Augmented reality → Ability, Advanced, ARTag, Concept, Fiducial, Form, Mixed, Mixed Reality, Proposed, Recording, Small, Software, Type, Types, VRMultimodal, Web
related to Notable researchers · 12
Augmented reality → AR, Damocles, Daniel Wagner, Dieter Schmalstieg, Harvard University, He, Ivan Sutherland, Meta, PDAs, Ronald Azuma, Steve Mann, The Sword
related to Comparison with mixed reality/virtual reality · 10
Augmented reality → Apple Vision Pro, AR, Augmented, However, In, Meta Quest, Mixed, MR, There, This
related to Surgery · 10
Augmented reality → Air Force, AR, As, Examples, Guidance, IRCAD, Karl Storz, One, Siemens, X-ray
related to Commerce · 9
Augmented reality → Apple, Apple's ARKit, AR, AR QuickLook Gallery, In, Pixar, RealityKit Swift, Universal Scene Description, USDZ
related to Industrial environments · 9
Augmented reality → AR, Assembly, Big, BMW, Boeing, For, In, NPI, Volkswagen
related to Apps · 8
Augmented reality → Google, Google Maps, In September, Pixel, Sky Filters, Snapchat, This, Users

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educationinstance ofaugmented reality applications have spanned industries0.80text
communicationsinstance ofaugmented reality applications have spanned industries0.80text
medicineinstance ofaugmented reality applications have spanned industries0.80text
and entertainment.Augmented reality frameworks include ARKitinstance ofaugmented reality applications have spanned industries0.80text
ARCoreinstance ofaugmented reality applications have spanned industries0.80text
electromagnetic radio waves overlaid in exact alignment with where they actually are in spaceinstance ofe.g. seeing other real sensed or measured information0.80text
contact-lens or retinal-scanned displays.Head-mounted displays.mw-parser-output .hatnoteinstance ofand experimental concepts0.80text
ARML standardize anchorsinstance ofInterchange/geospatial formats0.80text
content.Interactioninstance ofInterchange/geospatial formats0.80text
inputInput commonly combines head/gaze with touchinstance ofInterchange/geospatial formats0.80text
controllersinstance ofInterchange/geospatial formats0.80text
voiceinstance ofInterchange/geospatial formats0.80text

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