There are also uses for AR besides for information display or helpful applications for day to day activities. With any new technology, there will also be uses for entertainment. For example, the Inception app (http://inceptiontheapp.com/), records sounds a visuals around the user to present their reality as if it is a dream. Some might say that it is a new technologically assisted method for "tripping out", without the drug-induced consequences of course. The uses for AR are seemingly endless, and I am excited to see how it will integrate into our daily lives.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality has many uses. In my mind, the most useful aspect of AR is for the presentation of information and graphics in new ways. We have a new layer in which we can experience the world around us. I really like the USPS package size software that as mentioned in the Poynter app, and the restaurant apps even. I can see how AR can be useful for the military purposes. Imagine HUDs (head-over displays) that are so pertinent in video games (such as showing mini-maps, vital stats, ammo supplies) being used to display information on goggles and displays for today's army.
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AR would definitely make life a lot easier because it cuts out a lot of the effort on the users part to obtain information. It could also make things and processes more interesting with the greater amount of information and experience you can get out of a more 3D-like world, with the layering, etc. It would definitely provide entertainment, but it may also contribute to the separation of humans from each other and the attachment between humans and machines. We're already distracted by our phones to the point where it is sometimes hard to have a dinner conversation when people are constantly checking their phones. Imagine what would happen with AR...
ReplyDeleteI am also interested to see how AR will integrate into our daily lives as well. I am even more curious to see how new generations will grow up with this reality. An aspect of our lives that will definitely be changed with AR is advertising. I can already see advertising vying for our attention in every possible way with AR. I've seen some pretty creative things as of now, but I am also worried about the extent to which advertisers will go. I would be discouraged if AR gets to the point of getting inundated with ads all the time.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you mention "technologically assisted methods for tripping out"; it reminds me of a relatively popular thing to do online where you can download an mp3, loop it over and over again, and listen to it really closely without paying attention to anything else, and it's supposed to simulate the effects of a particular drug or chemical reaction. Kind of a ridiculous application, but it reflects a pretty interesting idea: augmented reality without using obvious applications (visual info layered over something you see), while integrating almost directly into your biological processes. I'm the kind of person that would try something random like that for the sake of experiencing something novel with technology. The Inception app is so simple but I can waste so much time using it just because it works itself into what I'm doing so easily –– scary, surreal, and really, really awesome. That's what I want out of AR.
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