Re:A Year After ‘Pokémon Go,’ Where Are the Augmented-Realit...
by abritinthebay on Thursday July 06, 2017 @05:48PM
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> Is it not also AR to have many invisible creatures, gyms, and resources placed in the real world?
Technically... yes. But that would make any location-tracking application technically "AR" too.
Yelp is an AR application (it's Monocle mode) in much more of a real way tham just slapping stuff on landmarks and using GPS.
Lets face it - "Augmented Reality" to most people means real-time video overlay and enhancement. Maps data isn't reality, it's a representation of it. Real-time video through a devices camera is a reflection of reality so augmenting that is much more towards the spirit of the term.
Technically... yes. But that would make any location-tracking application technically "AR" too.
Yelp is an AR application (it's Monocle mode) in much more of a real way tham just slapping stuff on landmarks and using GPS.
Lets face it - "Augmented Reality" to most people means real-time video overlay and enhancement. Maps data isn't reality, it's a representation of it. Real-time video through a devices camera is a reflection of reality so augmenting that is much more towards the spirit of the term.