Augment – to modify by adding to something that exists. The reality, I won’t push that envelope down the hill. Reality is subjective. However, in the technology world, reality represents the world experienced by the human user. The reality in the broader sense is so much more but, doesn’t apply to what we are talking about. Augmented Reality or AR represents an addition to the real observed world of the user. John Boyd, the creator of the OODA loops, spoke about changing the orientation of the observer to change the observation (Observation, Orientation, Decide and Act the OODA Loop). AR allows the user to modify their point of view. What sees is beyond what is there.
That is a little confusing I know. But luckily there is a somewhat as an answer, Let’s with a coffee pot. But for the sake of this conversation let’s pretend we’ve never used a coffee pot. What would we do? We would go to the box that the pot came in and look for the manual. We would flip to the manual section called getting started. We would read the steps. (remove all plastic. Rinse the pot with water. Add water without coffee to the machine, run it to make sure all dust and packing material is out of the system). Now we are read what do we do next? We either add a permanent filter or a paper filter, fill the machine with water, put the pot under the machine, add coffee to the filter and make sure it is luged in. Then we wait, soon we have coffee!
A lot of reading but we do that all the time. Now, what if, using an AR google set, you could simply, while standing in front of your new coffee pot, watch how to do what you’ve done above quickly. That is Augmented Reality or AR. Simply taking a task, and providing you with real-time integration of how to do something, and the actual thing you are trying to do. By the way, I’ve played with an AR view of my car; it doesn’t help me, I still can’t fix problems. AR simply put, is a way to improve the information you have about something. I talk all the time, I know, about the AstroReality objects. Simply pointing my phone using their application at the Lunar Footprint model, I get to see the model and see the footage of Neil Armstrong stepping off the Lunar Lander on July 23, 1969 (around 3 am EST).
I can relive something I lived, by simply pointing my phone at a physical object.
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Do you know what a QR code is?
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would you like to see the AR tag at the bottom of the coffee cup?
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The older we need more time to learn and understand something new.
Can I both agree and disagree with that?
I know as an older “professional” I have more experience when it comes to sometimes new, based on something old.
If however, it is something new, not based on something old, the younger professionals are much faster.
I’m also a little lost … I’m comforting that I’m not the only one….I do not know what the QR code means
Carol answered that below – Quick Response code. I was trying to make this easier to understand. I think i failed this time.
I will try again in a few days. it is a complex answer to a complex problem. I need to find a simple voice.
I already thank you in advance for your efforts … that it will not take you too much time, my friend
It is something I often think about, so no extra time involved!
It means a lot to me that you had the will … thank you anyway
I will find a way! there is always an example that helps people understand something!
You’re really an incredible man, dear friend
thank you, your kind words were perfectly timed!
A Quick Response code, sort of like the barcodes.
you nailed it! the content for the applications to read is embedded in the code.
I believe the QR code is used with a smartphone but I never use one. Just a plain old flip phone and then I even don’t have anyone to call.
in fact it can be, although it can be read by a number of things other than a smart phone.
You know that I am totally lost. I read it three times though.
we all have our strengths! I will try again and see if I can explain it better.
A QR code is what you need when you are in China ??? Wanna rent a bike? QR code. Wanna sing in public and ask for donation from passersby? QR code. Tickets? QR coded. WeChat? QR code required. I wonder if birthing babies comes with QR code too ?
I think Alex had an image with a bar code. (young lady) but not a qr code.