Augmented Reality - Everything you need to know
Augmented reality ( AR ) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual , auditory , haptic , somatosensory and olfactory . [1] [2] The overlaid sensory information can be constructive (i.e. additive to the natural environment), or destructive (i.e. masking of the natural environment). [3] This experience is seamlessly interwoven with the physical world such that it is perceived as an immersive aspect of the real environment. [3] In this way, augmented reality alters one's ongoing perception of a real-world environment, whereas virtual reality completely replaces the user's real-world environment with a simulated one. [4] [5] Augmented reality is related to two largely synonymous terms: mixed reality and computer-mediated reality . The primary value of augmented reality