The next advent of Reality

To imagine a world similar to a movie like  “Harry Potter” around you might sound a lot weird but we have a question “why not?” and yes we have a technology that can answer it. An experimental technology that has been in labs for years and required high levels of expertise and knowledge to create new application. This has finally made its way through the hands of people like Pranav Mistry. Well it is not the so called “sixth sense” technology but it is one of the technologies that served the purpose of the sixth sense technology. Imagine reading a story book and you are able to see the characters enact their roles. If this was possible then the learning process which includes listening to long lectures and reading textbooks would rather become giving a glance at your book and it realistically showing whatever you need to know. This has been made possible by the augmented technology where the real world and the virtual environment are combined together. AUGMENTED REALITY in other ways is a toy for advertising.

            The only difference between the virtual reality and augmented reality is that in virtual reality there is a virtual environment and we become a part of the virtual environment but in augmented reality there is a virtual character and the virtual character is made a part of the real world.

           

            The augmented Reality is a visualization technology that allows the user to experience the virtual experience added over real world in real time. With the help of advanced AR technology the information about the surrounding real world of the user becomes interactive and digitally usable. Artificial information about the environment and the objects in it can be stored and retrieved as an information layer on top of the real world view. When we compare the spectrum between virtual reality, which creates immersive, computer-generated environments, and the real world, augmented reality is closer to the real world. Augmented reality adds graphics, sounds, haptic feedback and smell to the natural world as it exists. Both video games and cell phones are driving the development of augmented reality. The augmented systems will also superimpose graphics for every perspective available and try adjust to every movement of the user’s head and eyes. The three basic components of an augmented reality system are the head-mounted display, tracking system and mobile computer for the hardware. The main goal of this new technology is to merge these three components into a highly portable unit much like a combination of a high tech Walkman and an ordinary pair or eyeglasses. The head-mounted display used in augmented reality systems will enable the user to view superimposed graphics and text created by the system.

 

By:

Y.CATHERIN BALIKA

S.ANNE REJULA

IIIyr CSE-A