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The two types of augmented reality

E-Learning Provocateur

My favourite example of augmented reality is now a couple of years old: While it might not be as flash as the xkcd enthusiasts might demand from this emerging technology, it remains practical and – gasp! But are these two latter examples really augmented reality? Reality is in real-time. New criteria.

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AR: Augmenting the Reality of Learning

Dashe & Thomson

Augmented reality (AR), as defined by the infallible Wikipedia, 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. Introduction to AR. Robocop and Terminator). Welcome to the 21 st century!

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What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry

Gyrus

However, my inability to participate aside, Pokémon Go is a very good application of Augmented Reality, and with the user base growing at such an alarming rate, it has caused many organizations to take pause and evaluate what seems to be endless opportunities in not only the game and its facets but in the delivery method itself.

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Future vision

Learning with e's

Augmented reality and smart glasses are the future, so it seems. It was a first attempt, a tentative stumble into a rich augmented world of information, entertainment and communication. Even today, wearing new versions of Glass with its obtrusive camera units still make you look like you just walked off a SciFi movie set.

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Virtual Reality and Micro Learning: Ready. Set. Engage. - Tip #145

Vignettes Learning

Steven Spielberg just released the trailer for the highly anticipated movie “ Ready Player One.” This movie is an adaptation of the same titled Ernest Cline’s virtual reality thriller novel and is set in the year 2044. Is it ready to move beyond prototypes into business and training environments? Is there a way to do that?

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What’s in My Conference Bag? ATD ICE 2018

Learning Rebels

Something most people don’t know about me: Ask me anything about a Bond movie, my head is full of Bond trivia! But to augment that, I plan on finding cool tools with microlearning potential, so I’ll find sessions that focus on Augmented Reality. My phone – the camera gets a heavy work out. Google Photos!

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(almost) Everything about video for learning professionals

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

For this blog I suffice to say that you can screencast (make a movie of your computer screen), on-the-fly videos (amateur quality with iphone, ipad or simple camera), professional videos, web lectures and live stream (let online follow a meeting by people who are not there). A nice idea is a stopmotion movie. A beautiful video!

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