Virtual and Augmented Reality is becoming a trend nowadays. With the rise of sales of various virtual and augmented reality gadgets and apparatus, more and more people are being curious about what it is. This article will tackle on how the AR technology swept the world and how it became the trend of today’s generation.

What you need to experience AR?

A lot of AR Glasses are out in the market today. There are embedded AR glasses on which you’ll just link it to your computer or smartphone via Wi-Fi and you’ll experience virtual reality in no time. But the most popular is these AR glasses on which you place your smartphone inside of it, and you wear it around your head. And by its lenses, you’ll see another type in reality.

One of the most popular AR glasses out in the market today is the Facebook-made Oculus lenses, which is really marketed by Mark Zuckerberg himself. Also popular in the VR industry is the Samsung Gear VR, which is produced by Korean tech giant Samsung in partnership with Oculus. It can be linked with Samsung’s high-end smartphones (S Series starting with S6, Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy A5) to act as its display and processor, and the Gear VR itself is the controller.

First known as the Project Morpheus, the Playstation VR, developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, works as a controller for the Playstation 4. Display is projected into the Playstation VR and the connected television simultaneously. Aside from these well-known VR products, there are also a number of Chinese-made VR boxes which are more affordable than the leading ones.

But the most interesting of all VR boxes is the Google Cardboard, produced by the search engine and the Mountain View-based tech giant Google. It is just actually a pattern which is printed by the user within the comfort of their homes, order some parts from Google, then trace it into a cardboard and assemble it to become a VR glass.

In most cases, a Bluetooth-powered controller is required for a full AR experience but some glasses also combined that technology for a hassle free AR experience.

Uses of AR
Gaming is the most significant use of Augmented Reality. Imagine yourself flying like a bird, or shooting out aliens, or crashing your car into something without getting hurt. AR games are usually played on devices like smartphones, wherein you insert your smartphone into the AR glass. More innovations are also introduced to the AR that aside from your sense of sight being simulated, there are also other apparatuses that simulate your sense of smell, sense of touch, and even simulate motion to complete your AR experience.

Augmented reality games usually covers up a pre-rendered environment alongside an actual user’s environment. The most advanced AR games can actually make an environment depending on the gamer’s actual surroundings.

The most common AR game nowadays is the Pokemon Go, which utilizes the smartphone’s camera, gyroscope, clock and Global Positioning System (GPS) to enable a location based augmented reality environment. The game can actually display a Pokemon alongside its actual surroundings. You can even catch it in “the real world.”

AR is also used in the social media app Snapchat. Snapchat detects your environment, actual location and face to put an overlay filters and stickers on your face. You can be a dog, or put some virtual flowers around your head with just a tap.

More and more travel agencies also make use of the AR technology. AR technology can simulate your surroundings as if you were at another place. You can experience the breeze of the Niagra Falls, or be in love at the top of the Eiffel Tower, climb the top of the Mt. Everest, experience the beaches of Rio De Janeiro, or just box with a Kangaroo in Australia with just a few clicks. You get to experience beforehand on what to expect to a place before actually going to it.

But the latest in AR innovation is in the advertising industry. Layar Reality Browser, an app available on the iPhone and Android. It utilizes your location detected by the GPS and the location detected by the camera to superimpose the storefronts with the actual places and the details of restaurants and popular places.

The AR technology, albeit very advanced and innovative at this time, is still in its early stages. As years go by, this technology will enhance and will roll out more features that will be very beneficial to humankind especially on the entertainment side. Let’s just wait and check out what the AR technology has yet to offer.

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