augmented reality
nounUK /ɔːɡˌmɛntɪd ɹiːˈælɪti/ · US /ɔɡˌmɛntəd ɹiˈæləti/
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image in real time.
- Near-synonyms: MR, mixed reality, hybrid reality, XR, extended reality, spatial computing, CPS, cyber-physical system, metaverse
- Augmented Reality enhances a user's perception of and interaction with the real world. The virtual objects display information that the user cannot directly detect with his own senses.1997 August, Ronald T. Azuma, “A Survey of Augmented Reality”, in Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, volume 6, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 355–385:
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- Microsoft workers are calling on their employer to cancel a $480m contract to provide the US army with augmented reality (AR) headsets, saying they “do not want to become war profiteers”.2019 February 22, Julia Carrie Wong, “‘We won't be war profiteers’: Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract”, in The Guardian:
- Related terms
- extended reality, spatial computing, 🥽
- Hypernyms
- mixed reality
- Coordinate terms
- augmented virtuality, reality, real reality, virtual reality, supranet