Augmented Reality Made Possible with Transparent Screen Displays
What’s cooking in the world of technology? Fresh out of the oven is the new technology that blurs the fine line separating the real world from one that’s computer-generated. This technology is called augmented reality.
Augmented reality uses computer-generated visuals, sounds, graphics, videos, and even GPS data to enhance corporeal elements and create a realistic environment for the user. It is not the same as virtual reality. Virtual reality uses immersive imagery to create a 3 dimensional computer generated surroundings – augmented reality is closer to the real world.
The basic idea behind augmented reality is to use computer generated sensory input and impose it on the real-world surroundings in real time. The technology can be used in multiple facets of life and everyone from a soldier at war to a tourist looking for a bus stop in an unknown city can reap benefits from it. For now, the technology is being used in cell phones and games for better interactivity.
Required Hardware
For augmented reality to function properly there is a need for certain hardware. These include a processor, input devices sensors, and a screen display.
Augmented Reality and Transparent Screen Display
Although transparent screen displays have several alternate markets that include tablets, phones, and other tech gadgets; the technology has found its most viable use in the augmented reality setup. The screen is visually appealing and highly effective for augmented reality applications.
Together the duo is capable of creating an entirely different setting for what’s behind the screen. For example, you are looking at a cell phone on a display screen at the shop. Using an augmented reality application with it will allow you to read through its specifications, see what it looks like in different colors, and even see related products that you might be interested in – all this on a screen. Life could be so simple.
Augmented reality on transparent screen displays proves to be a fantastic tool for interactive advertising, presentation, and teaching strategies. A number of companies have already made the paradigm shift towards incorporating this technology for gaining effective competitive edge over others in the industry.
Universities across the globes have their research labs involved in some of the most awe-inspiring augmented-reality projects you’ll soon get to witness. The latest in the world of augmented reality on transparent screen displays is the recently released location-based game: Pokémon Go by Niantic.
The game uses people and locations from the players’ real lives and merges them into a game-like environment. Pokémon Go is designed over real maps that successfully augment real life with an alternative universe interactive enough to take you into a fantasy. The game revolves around capturing different Pokémons from nearby locations – you’ve got to walk all the way to them (a definite plus if you’re aiming for weight loss).
The tech gurus are terming augmented reality as ‘the’ software of the future. It is, according to them, the next level of entertainment and reality combined – and transparent screen displays are making it happen!