Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Augmented Reality


Augmented Reality is the merging of real-world representations with virtual imagery and thereby creating a mixed reality - or mixed virtuality. The virtual layer adds extra information to the view of the real world - a very known example would be scores and time you see during a soccer match on tv. With advancing technology, possibilities grow and we now see Augmented Reality apps for individual use pop up everywhere. Cell-phones seem to be the device in favour of most AR developers, a popular example is Layar. But also other devices are used, as these, slightly corny, BMW repair sunglasses show.

While all things AR seem exciting and sometimes even useful, the striking question of course is, will this technology offer any possibilities for educational purposes any time soon? Sure, repair goggles fulfil a somewhat educational purpose but i was thinking of a more classical way: are there ways of using AR within the existing teaching conditions? It turns out that one way already exists, as the following video shows. However, i find the surplus of this one very questionable.
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