characteristics of augmented reality

"Augmented Reality" is a predominantly real-world setting into which some virtual objects are superimposed to expand the possible range or scale of operation of the tangible world. Examples include a surgeon using Virtual Reality (VR) to operate on a micro level that could not be done with unaided human hands or a pilot with a translucent Head Mounted Display (HMD) that overlays maps on the pilot's field of vision to direct direction. Learn more about INT3D System .

The sensory scope of VR platforms is determined by how many of the sensory methods are actively involved. The number might be weighted by whether the senses included are "high bandwidth" or "low data processing potential" in nature. Vision, hearing and touch have a higher capacity for rapid, challenging transferral and therefore can be seen as high data processing potential senses for communication between people and computing systems. Thus it is no surprise that these three senses have dominated Virtual Reality (VR) systems. In comparison, the senses of taste and smell are relatively low data processing potential senses and few VR mediums engage them. The sensory scale of VR mediums is the range of sensory data processing potential that is actively involved by communication between human beings and computers. This spans both the size of the signal relative to total human perception and the believability of that signal. For more about virtual reality, see Virtual Tours Jacksonville, Florida as well.

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