Nov 24 2010
Which one is real?
First, that zombie game was awesome and I cannot wait to see what other things like it come out in the next few years. From the discussion we had regarding augmented reality, I am sad to hear that it will be a while before augmented reality becomes both visual and tangible…at least in the way it is done in Iron Man. One new question I have regarding augmented reality is whether it will be implemented on the iPad or not. Since it has a bigger screen, it would allow people to see more and place more information over what the camera has picked up. At the same time, though, the iPad is bigger and may tire people out faster from holding it up. Any opinions on this?
Another example of integrating augmented reality that I am sure is in someone else’s post is the Sixth Sense machine that was featured during a TED Talk. Instead of the information being shown on a screen, the information is projected onto the objects that are being interacted with. I am sure there will be a place for each method of transmitting augmented reality in the future if not more.
Regarding the uses of augmented reality, I am not surprised that one of its first uses is as a marketing gimmick. It would be interesting to see how much Halmark makes off of its new augmented reality cards. What I really want to see though is where else augmented reality can be used. I have already mentioned archaeology, but what about the hard sciences like chemistry and biology. Physics would be great because when your teacher attempts to demonstrate how whether you throw an imaginary cat (Fluffy) off of a cliff or drop it straight down it will hit the ground at the same time (true story) you will be able to pull out whatever device and watch it fall off to the ground. The possibilities are endless.