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Augmented reality : where we will all live / Jon Peddie.

By: Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xxxiii, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783319545011
  • 3319545019
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 006.8 23
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.A94 P43 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- Types of augmented reality -- We'll all be experts now -- Overview of augmented reality system organization -- Historical overview -- Key applications -- Software tools and technologies -- Technology issues -- Suppliers -- Conclusions and future possibilities.
Summary: "This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR). The author presents AR from its initial philosophies and early developments, to its current technologies and its impact on our modern society, to its possible future developments; providing readers with the tools to understand issues relating to defining, building, and using our perception of what is represented in our perceived reality, and ultimately how we assimilate and react to this information. Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live can be used as a comprehensive guide to the field of AR and provides valuable insights for technologists, marketers, business managers, educators and academics who are interested in the field of augmented reality; its concepts, history, practices and the science behind this rapidly advancing field of research and development."--Publisher's description.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QA76.9.A94 P43 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001446995

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Types of augmented reality -- We'll all be experts now -- Overview of augmented reality system organization -- Historical overview -- Key applications -- Software tools and technologies -- Technology issues -- Suppliers -- Conclusions and future possibilities.

"This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR). The author presents AR from its initial philosophies and early developments, to its current technologies and its impact on our modern society, to its possible future developments; providing readers with the tools to understand issues relating to defining, building, and using our perception of what is represented in our perceived reality, and ultimately how we assimilate and react to this information. Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live can be used as a comprehensive guide to the field of AR and provides valuable insights for technologists, marketers, business managers, educators and academics who are interested in the field of augmented reality; its concepts, history, practices and the science behind this rapidly advancing field of research and development."--Publisher's description.

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