Today's computer training/Let's talk about the advantages of AR augmented reality technology.
AR technology is almost the opposite of VR. Compared with VR technology that brings people into the virtual world, AR seems to be more "close" to reality, and it brings computer technology into the real world.
AR technology adds a virtual information layer to the real world with the help of computer's three-dimensional information positioning. The biggest difference with VR is that it successfully allows users to obtain new information provided by AR technology with their own understanding of the real world.
This is completely different from the unrealistic experience provided by VR.
As early as ten years ago, there was a game called virus war on Nokia3230. Turn on the camera, there are all kinds of viruses floating around. You need to use the numeric keypad to knock down these little monsters.
There is no doubt that this game does not use three-dimensional data at all, but for many people, this experience of overlapping real and virtual content may be their initial concept of AR.
Of course, in fact, the application of AR technology is much earlier than this Nokia mobile game.
The earliest application of AR technology should be Boeing's design auxiliary wiring system. The special AR helmet can help engineers to see the wiring paths and tips superimposed on it in the actual field of vision.
This kind of AR equipment is professional enough, and the seemingly uncomplicated function should mean huge workload and amazing development expenses at that time, right? Of course, it was many years before Nokia launched the real AR application on the mobile phone of WindowsPhone platform. The geographic information technology used should be based on Nokia's cash cow Here map, so this application was also named Here city kaleidoscope.
Like many early AR mobile apps in the same period, this application superimposes a virtual "layer" for users with real-time images based on GIS data taken by the camera, helping users to present all kinds of life services and famous buildings around them at a glance.
Sony, which is deeply involved in the game field, also launched SmartAR, an AR technology based on QR code, at 1994. Until now, we can still see games using this technology on the PlayStation platform. Xperia series mobile phones have been equipped with augmented reality camera technology since Z 1.
Although VR and AR are often used at the same time, they are really different.
Maybe you will see all kinds of VR experience services in the green room of your city, but what really makes players around the world crazy is PokemonGo, a hot game that makes the streets and alleys your playground.
Of course, there are many excellent AR applications besides PokemonGo.
A startup company called ToneTree is building an AR game system called Oak.
With the help of a small plane, a bracket and a few cards, Oak can let you fly a plane to fight in a virtual battlefield, explore the universe, edit your own music with cards, and even develop your own ARAPP.
This video should let you know more.