An overview of Augmented Reality, where it came from, where it's up to today and where it's heading in the near future.

1. An overview of
Augmented Reality
Presented by
Rob Manson (@nambor)
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2. Who am I?
Rob Manson @nambor
CEO of MOB Labs the creators of buildAR.com
Chair of the W3C Augmented Web Community Group
Invited Expert with the ISO, W3C & the Khronos Group
Co-Founder of ARStandards.org
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3. How did we get here?
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4. Tom Caudell coined the term AR in 1992
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5. Milgram's Mixed Reality Continuum in 1994
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6. Azuma's definition of AR in 1997
Augmented Reality (AR) is a variation of Virtual Reality (VR).
VR technologies completely immerse a user inside a synthetic
Environment and while immersed, the user cannot see the real
world around him. In contrast, AR allows the user to see the
real world, with virtual objects superimposed upon or
composited with the real world.
Therefore, AR supplements reality, rather than completely replacing it. Ideally,
it would appear to the user that the virtual and real objects coexisted in the same
space, similar to the effects achieved in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
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7. ARToolkit was released in 1999
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8. SLAM popularised in 1999
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9. Wikipedia's definition of AR first added in 2002
2002:
Augmented reality (abbreviated AR) is an environment that
includes both virtual reality and real-world elements.
For instance, an AR user might wear translucent goggles;
through these, he could see the real world, as well as
computer-generated images projected on top of that world.
2013:
Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view
of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are
augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as
sound, video, graphics or GPS data.
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10. Mobile AR Browsers released in 2008
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11. FLARToolkit was released in 2009
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12. First
AR CMS
created
in 2009

13. ARStandards Workshop in Seoul 2010
Patterns of Interest Proposal – Rob Manson
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14. The Kinect first released in 2010
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15. But AR is really just a feature...
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16. https://buildAR.com

17. https://buildAR.com

18. https://buildAR.com

19. AR is a feature of the Augmented Web
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20. They're here....
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21. Test your device at theAWEsomeWEB.com
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22. Google's Project Glass
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23. Pervasive Computing
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24. An overview of
Augmented Reality
Presented by
Rob Manson (@nambor)
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