OK, so following my last two posts the question has been asked, or at least the point made, that it’s interesting but what is AR?
I thought this would have been clear? Perhaps clicking on a few of the links would elaborate, but for those who are a little click shy and just like reading my blog, yes all three of you, here is an attempt to put AR in a nutshell. It’s probably a big nut.

So what is AR?

AR stands for augmented reality. AR is the term used to describe the combination of the real and the virtual worlds. It is essentially information superimposed or augmented in some way with a real world environment, often using camera technology, but sometimes that real world might be a map or other application. It is about combining information to useful effect, some applications being developed are clearly more useful than others, some are purely playful. But does playtime not qualify as useful? I think it does. (more…)