Mixed and Augmented Reality

Before discussing the definition of mixed reality let’s try to investigate the current context and try to answer to a more philosophical question: Is the mixed and the augmented reality an evolution or even a revolution in the humanity history? Were yet another technology with an uncertain impact? From centuries we are building two different types of world. On one … More Mixed and Augmented Reality

MAR System Architecture

System architecture of an augmented reality application. Lets analyze all the components usually present in an AR system. The AR end user is perceiving his environment as a combination of the direct perception and the computer mediated one. Let us investigate what is behind the term computer mediated perception. The blue box is the one responsible to produce the … More MAR System Architecture

Application vs. Browser

The web implemented the vision by separating technology from content and by creating a specialized language, namely HTML, to express the content. Therefore, complex aspects such as communication and rendering are considered by the browsers natively, and they are transparent to the content creator, who is free to think about design, interaction and features. How this would be … More Application vs. Browser

MAR Market, Actor and Value Chain

Mixed and Augmented Reality Market. And while some of the numbers you see may not be true anymore, what is more important is the market trend, the value chain and the various types of actors involved. We will also speak about native application versus AR Browser. And extract some insights by comparing AR development with other technologies from the past. A … More MAR Market, Actor and Value Chain

Mixed Reality Continuum

Addressing some characteristics and mixed reality application types. AR concept relies on a mixed perception and since human beings have five senses: hearing, sight, touch, smell and taste, we may imagine that for each of them, we may have a mix between a direct perception and a computer mediated one. In a well-known example, proposed by Magic Vision Lab from University … More Mixed Reality Continuum