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发表于 2012-8-25 11:06
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[Homework] Bits of knowledge 20100919
I think we can all agree that reality is pretty great, it is what we will exprience through our senses, like our eyes, and phones with cameras. The internet is awesome too, but the internet and reality have a hard time working together. Thankfully, this is changing quickly.
New tools mean that the world around you can now be seen with a layer of new information. From internet, this is Augmented(增加/扩大) Reality, explained by Common Craft. If you have ever see the movie with the fighter pilot, you see the pilot's view from the cockpit(驾驶员座舱), but something is missing. The pilot needs a layer of information that adds useful items to his view of reality. Recently, this kind of layer should working on your smart phone, but instead of flying data, you have data about the world around you, it is Augmented Reality.
Let's say you are hungry, and at a busy intersaction, there are multiple restaurants around you, but you don't have a good way to make the decision. Now, thank to the new software mobile phones, you can simply point your phone's camera buildings around you, and viola, restaurants are magically recognized and a layer of information about the restaurants appears on the screen.
Another example is shopping, you can point your camera at the product, and see a layer of information about it, like price of the same products of other stores in the area, or on the internet, and this functionality only requires a few things. First, a smart phone with a carema to capture reality; Second, a connection to the internet for receiving the layer information; Third, software on your phone to bring it all together. It also helps to have a phone with GPS, and the compass to help * location. Augmented Reality can also work with a carema attached to your computer. You can hold products in front of the carema, and see a layer of information on your screen, and make sure reality more interesting, and even fun.
These examples are just beginning, in the future, you may wear a glasses that have a tiny display and you can see while walking, as you walk by stores, buildings, people and products, this screen displays information from sides like Wiki Pedia, or Google. Suddenly, your reality is richer, and more interesting, it's coming, but Augmented Reality has a long way to go, keep your eye out for ways that Augmented Reality as layer of new information to your reality. |
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