What is augmented reality? @internet-class
What is augmented reality?  @internet-class
Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Today our virtual and physical world must coexist loosely side-by-side. But tomorrow they may be intermingle right in front of our eyes. For example, if I want to learn how to install a door, today I watch a video and then try to project the advice into the space I am working in. Tomorrow, with the aid of augmented reality technologies, I may be able to see advice, tips, and useful information projected right on the materials I am working with. This will usher in a powerful shift in the ways that the information online and our physical experience of reality coexist. In the future, it is clear that the internet will become even more directly a part of our real world.

Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).

Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.
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