AUGMENTED REALITY

ABSTRACT
In the recent years information technologies have progressed at an accelerated pace. The need
to combine the availability of the information with portability has been fostering the evolution of
technological devices, while producing some paradigm shifts.
Technology has advanced to the point where realism in virtual reality is very much achievable. On
the spectrum between virtual reality, which creates immersible, computer generated environments,
and the real world, augmented reality is closer to the real world.
Augmented reality is the act of superimposing virtual elements to the image captured in real time. It
refers to the computer displays that add virtual information to a users sensory perceptions. In
general it superimposes graphics over a real world environment in real time. This technology
minimizes the extra mental effort that a user has to expend when switching his attention back and
forth between real world tasks and computer screen. Theres a need to know more about this area of
technology that truly changes the way we view the world.

-Lubna Nishath Patel

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