Augmented reality is a concept which on first approach may seem to be a technology for the distant future, or something of a work of fiction; the idea that computers can interact seamlessly with humans and their environments. The idea that there could be something of a merge between aspects of virtual reality, and true reality would have been thought to be only for movies and computer games by the average person a decade or so ago, but now augmented reality has become a reality, and evidence of its progression can be seen in early technologies and computer systems that interact with humans. Augmenting reality can take several forms, but it usually encompasses combining a ‘real world’ or true reality view or image with a computer generated virtual image or environment. On the topic of virtual reality, this is often something that is confused with augmented reality. Virtual reality is where a user is immersed into an artificially created environment. Virtual reality requires the......
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