Beginner’s Guide to Augmented Reality
Introduction: Augmented Reality Augmented Reality has been judged as one of 2010’s hottest trends. The concept behind it is pretty simple, over lay the physical world with cool graphics that appear to occupy the same space as you. Lots of companies have used it as a great promotional tool. Adidas have recently put them on their shoes and made a very cool looking game. Lego use it as a way to visualize what their products will look like when you’ve finished building them. Some freelancers use it as a very cool business card and promotional tool . AR allows you to create a more impressive business card at no cost at all and you can fit way more info on it. In January of this year, I completed a project for university where I created a wearable augmented reality system. It featured a virtual gallery which, as you walked around, told a very tragic story. Check out the video on Youtube . I approached creating AR from a design point of vi...