The Future of Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes digital information (such as images, sounds, or text) onto the real world. While the idea of AR has been around for decades, it wasn't until the 1990s that the technology began to catch up to the concept.
One of the first AR systems was developed by Louis Rosenberg at the U.S. Air Force Armstrong Laboratory in 1992. The system, called Virtual Fixtures, used a head-mounted display and a glove with sensors to allow users to interact with virtual objects overlaid onto the real world.
Another early AR system was developed by Hirokazu Kato of Hiroshima City University in 1999. His ARToolKit software allowed developers to create AR applications using a simple marker-based tracking system.
In the early 2000s, AR began to gain traction in various industries, particularly in the military and gaming sectors. In 2008, the first AR app for smartphones, called Wikitude, was released. Since then, AR has become more popular in consumer applications, such as Snapchat filters and Pokemon Go.
Looking to the future, experts predict that AR will continue to grow in popularity and become more advanced. The technology has the potential to revolutionize industries such as healthcare, education, and manufacturing. It could also change the way we interact with each other and the world around us.
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