It is generally believed that the emergence of AR technology originated from the development of virtual reality technology (Virtual Reality, VR for short), but there are obvious differences between the two. Traditional VR technology gives users the effect of being completely immersed in the virtual world, creating another world; while AR technology brings the computer into the user's real world, enhancing virtual information by listening, seeing, touching and smelling it. The perception of the real world has realized the transformation from "people adapt to machines" to "people-oriented" technology.
The rapid development of smart terminals and the increasing popularity of gyroscopes, GPS, cameras, gravity sensors, 3G communication modules, etc. in smart phones have found a realistic basis for applications based on AR technology. Currently, browsers based on AR technology can Our common needs are presented to users through a combination of real and virtual scenes, thereby enabling multiple functions such as querying and searching for information, location, etc.
Real world application
1. Mobile devices
Currently, many augmented reality applications have appeared on iPhones, Windows Phones and Google Android phones. For example, the PAPAGO! satellite navigation system, a product of Taiwan-listed company Yanqin Technology (3632), was launched on the iPhone platform. The M8.2 navigation software has the so-called "Augmented Reality Navigation" function. "hiPage Search Go!" of Chunghwa Yellow Pages, a subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom, puts millions of store information in the thick yellow pages phone book into the program for location search. Its point-of-interest information (POI) includes large, medium and small enterprises, Taiwan tourist attractions, convenience stores, gas stations, gourmet restaurants, clinics, B&Bs, key shops in alleys, motorcycle dealerships...etc.
2. Medical treatment
Doctors can now use AR technology as a visualization and training device for surgical procedures.
3. Industry
By equipping maintenance personnel with head-mounted displays, maintenance personnel can easily obtain a lot of help information that is useful to them during maintenance. Through the holder in each channel, AR technology developers and AR application developers can more accurately judge users The status includes the user's location, the weather at the location, which direction they are facing, and what content they are looking at. Based on these contents, some information can be customized that is more in line with the user's status.
entertainment
4. Commercial applications
Application developers develop new applications based on AR technology, and the new applications are sold.
5. Plane interaction
This kind of image recognition is based on natural image recognition. Currently, many magazines hope that their magazine pictures on the plane can be connected to AR to turn them into richer interactive content.