Augmented reality has come to be known as the next world of virtual reality, we have seen it in Pokemon Go in action already and what it has done to the younger generation. There is always a price that needs to be paid in order to play and have the benefits of such games. Technology has taken the human beings to a path that is not clear. There must be a way to protect users from themselves when they immerge into a world that is not a virtual one anymore, there are steps that users need to take to be safe and steps that developers and engineers need to take a deeper look.
The national geographic has “the big idea” of what augmented reality will look like. The world they seem to be waiting for is an astonishing view of what can be found and done with augmented reality and has virtual reality becoming something so small compared to what is expected by 2021. National geographic shows a world in which everyone would be able to see “bubbles floating... filled with cool info about stuff… on the street[s]” and we can call it “reality 1.0”. This reality will be able to use the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. The emergence of this new technology could bring people that speak different languages to establish a conversation and or find their way in an unfamiliar city. As stated in the article, the “computer-generated images on the real world” make it so fascinating to work with. For example, if a person is on the street and wants to find a place they can just run the application and it would guide and show them places without going through the process of using their Google maps or any kind of map. Yet, once again, this can bring some critical AR technical abilities and can create a place in which it comes to know every little detail about the user whereabouts. On the other hand, it has created a better way to train “U.S. Marine Corps” soldiers with AR technology. This might not be true because their training is a simulation. There is no guarantee they can fight without fear but “[t]he marines worked faster with…AR program than with laptop-based manuals,” this means that they learn faster and can understand what’s going on because they are working on it in an augmented reality. It is not just some people think that “AR adds to the toll that distracting technologies take on personal interaction.” It is the consequences that it can bring if immersing [oneself]” would isolate the person in real life. Keep in mind that some people, users, and players feel more alive in the virtual world than in the real world, therefore, having such technology might help them to love the world in which they were born.
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Ediberto Cruz
12/13/2016 08:51:42 pm
As you mentioned AR technology can be very helpful because it can be used to train the armed forces and the police.
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Connor Leary
12/16/2016 03:13:03 am
Your last comment really struck a chord with me. I know a lot of people who would gladly choose a virtual world over the real one. I'm probably one of them. This capability that AR programs could have to make the real world more interesting, interactive, and customizable is really appealing to me. I just wish that we could get it to the point where it's a little less awkward, and more like a real pair of glasses. Right now we have to choose between the Google route, which is kinda too small, or the META route, which is probably too big. We'll get there, though.
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Alfredo Cortez
12/18/2016 11:40:09 pm
I've always thought as AR as a world that exists between the virtual and the real. I think as AR technologies move forward more and more applications are going to be discovered. Most technologies are applied in their original manner but also picked up by military. Imagine having sign that could be read in any language if looked through some AR technology.
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Brandon E
12/19/2016 02:49:00 am
I suppose it comes down to usage. Who uses it, who should use it, etc. I'm not big on Augmented Reality. It's one of those things that I need more time to disseminate what it can do. We've too many issues today and already in the near future for me to contemplate how to deal with AR. On the flip-side, it could make for some really cool games. So long as people don't get lost in it like the Holodeck from Star Trek.
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