Augmented Reality



Augmented Reality is a new kind of technology that augments reality. It can be said that it is a combination of VR and reality. If you don't know about VR I suggest you to read my previous post. In VR all we see was virtual stuff but in AR that virtual stuff is experienced together with reality. The picture above explains it well actually. There is no chair in the room but the phone adds it using the AR technology.

There are marker based and markless AR technologies. In marker based AR to see the virtual model a marker is needed. In markless AR however, we don't need to use any other material.

If the device you are using is compatible with AR technology you can download and experience the AR right now. There various apps you can use and some of them are even free. One is Sketchfab. People like you create 3D models and upload them to this platform and you can summon those models on 
your desk or on your hand whenever you want.



This technology is already used in language teaching by the app Mondly for example. I talked about that app in this post. Like the VR technology, this one also can improve the learning process significantly. 


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