In the second week of the digital interactions segment with Clive we learnt about augmented reality which is a technology that adds a computer generated picture or video on a persons view of the real world, creating a view that is an augmentation of their reality.
Clive taught us that with every augmented reality software the key point is that there needs to be a fixed point for the animation, this allows the software the track the video and stream the animation on to a specific tracking point. We were shown an app called Augment which is a basic version that can be used on phones, as soon as i saw it i had to get it and play around with the features (my favourite being the dancing skeleton).
In the session we learnt about the history of AR and the application it can have to many different areas such as for arts, gaming, architecture, psychology and medical treatment. I could really see the vision that Clive and others that are within the augmented reality industry have. Seeing the prospects of how versatile the application of AR can be towards any sector to make the lives of the modern human much easier.
I have a feeling that i will be wanting to use AR in my convergence task as i see great potential in the applications i can use it for.