Augmented Reality: Changing How We See the World

Filed in archive Augmented Reality on June 17, 2010

My friend Scott McLeod pointed out this video on augmented reality on his blog a few days ago.

I haven't tinkered much with augmented reality before now. But it is easy to see the implications of it in a huge number of areas - including education (my own profession).

Will augmented reality eventually become commonplace? Will the kids in my classes at school all have glasses (or even contact lenses) that allow them to overlay data on top of what they see me doing in front of them (not that lecture is a very big part of teacher in the elementary grades anymore)? Will the windshield of my car have augmented reality built into it - sort of a sophisticated version of a Garman or a Tom Tom? Maybe... Time will tell.