What is AR? – DevTeam.Space [Video]

Do you want to know what is AR technology? Read on as we discuss augmented reality technology in detail.

AR is a modern technology that helps in integrating digital information with the actual environment of users. AR systems achieve this integration in real time.

The following quick facts about augmented reality are relevant here:

Thomas Caudell, a researcher with Boeing, came up with the term “Augmented Reality” in 1990.

A very popular example of augmented reality is the heads-up display in automobile windshields.

AR developers write AR apps using special 3D programs, and they integrate contextual digital information in software with an AR “marker” in the real world.

You can read “Marker – Augmented Reality” to learn more about augmented reality markers.

AR markers are visual cues, and these trigger the display of the above-mentioned digital information. Markers can be images or small objects.

Developers “train” the app to recognize them in the camera stream; …