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The End of Hardware, 3rd Edition: Augmented Reality and Beyond Drag those windows from your screen and into the air in front of you. Use a simple glance to switch lights, open doors or surf the web.

Emerging Technologies of Augmented Reality: Interfaces and Design Although the field of mixed reality has grown significantly over the last decade, there have been few published books about augmented reality, particularly the interface design aspects.

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For many years now video games have been entertaining us, ever since the basic tennis game Pong was introduced to arcades 30 years ago – we’ve been hooked ever since.

Nowadays, of course, computer graphics are much more sophisticated and have dramatically improved their game graphics, so what’s the next step? Well, now researchers and engineers are starting to make the graphics on the screen jump out at you and form an integral part of your surroundings, be it with helping you find your way to the local pub or for searching the skies for constellations. This new technology is called augmented reality and it really blurs the lines between what’s real and what’s computer-generated.

Augmented reality is closer to the real world as opposed to the computer generated one as it adds; graphics, sounds, and smell to the natural world as it exists. The main areas of technology where this advanced technology is being used is in both video consoles like the PSP and mobile phones. This has meant that AR technology has been able to be brought to a wide audience as a huge number of people have mobile phones that are able to utilise this new and very exciting technology. Everyone from tourists, to shoppers, to someone looking for the closest train station or bus stop can now benefit from the ability to place computer-generated graphics in their field of vision.

Augmented reality is really starting to help change the way its users view the world. In the future you’ll be able to walk down the street with an augmented reality capable screen in hand and actually see informative graphics and audio that will coincide with whatever you see in front of you. These enhancements will be refreshed continually to reflect the changes of your environment appearing before your eyes.

If you’re interested in experiencing this AR technology for yourself then get yourself a PSP and start benefiting from this advanced technology that’s out there. For offers and to find cheap PSPs, check out sites like moneysupermarket.com to find the great offers that are out there.

A vouchers article brought to you by Gill Critchley, the Vouchers web author at moneysupermarket.com.

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