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Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Through the Realities of Augmented Reality
Abstract
Speaking of Augmented Reality (AR), it is about augmenting an actual world with some virtually generated digital information in order to make the combination of two worlds as seamless as possible. Creating seamless AR effects in real time is non-trivial, requiring interdisciplinary knowledge integration from many fields such as computer vision, signal processing, sensor network, internet of things (IoT), three-dimensional computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and hardware designs. Nevertheless, for the past two decades, it is computer vision that has dominated the field of AR. Hence, common forms of AR that most people are familiar with are about utilizing a hardware device with embedded camera(s) together with a software program powering by computer vision algorithms. Based on our first-hand experiences in AR researches and communities, this paper presents a new summary regarding the world of modern AR from the beginning of the 21st century until now. Our summary divides the modern AR into five major waves based on important trends happening both inside and outside research communities.
(2562). Through the Realities of Augmented Reality. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), 2019(0), 253-264.