Innovation : Augmented reality

  Do you know the movie “Iron Man”? If you watch this movie, you can actually see the amazing thing. Tony Stark, the main character of the movie, is the super hero Iron Man. He wears his suit, Mark 42 when he faces his enemies. The suit has the amazing ability and the power to show the virtual information before his eyes. He uses the information before him and defeats his enemy. What is the ability that he uses? It is augmented reality that was invented by Ivan Sutherland. Augmented reality is the integration of digital information with live video or the user's environment in real time. This great innovation becomes more important for human to live future life. Imagine that you become such as Iron Man.

 

  Augmented reality is important because it is used in various ways. There are used for education, entertainment, robotics, shopping, military training, marketing and such more. For example, using the augmented reality in education, teachers can create their own contents and use them to engage students in creative ways. The other example of augmented reality is that shopper don’t need to change their garments to buy clothes. Mirror of using augmented reality in shops that let you virtually try on different outfits, explore colors and patterns.

 

 Another reason that augmented reality is important is that it is easy to use and accessible. While other technologies are too hard to deal with them, augmented reality is easy to handle. Especially augmented reality applications for smart phones become popular these days. For example, augmented reality application include global positioning system(GPS) to pinpoint the user’s location and its compass to detect device orientation. Using this application, people can find their way easily with a few more touch of their finger.

 

 

  Thanks to Ivan Sutherland and his innovation technology, our life will be more comfortable and convenient. Actually, augmented reality to grow to $150 billion by 2020. This innovation technology started to grow and grow, and a way to bring a new dimension to our life.