Augmented Reality, what???

Although it is a technology that has been on the market for years, reality has remained in the background until the arrival of the Pokémon GO. But do you know what it is or what is it for? We will tell you

Augmented reality has become a real-time "reality", in images, in markers or in virtual information, about the physical world. This creates an environment in which information and virtual objects are merged with real ones, offering an experience for the user that can reach a form of their daily reality. Therefore, there are many who see a new lens to see the world, and hence the qualifier of "augmented."

Advancements of devices, especially mobile devices, have been a place for us to enjoy this technology in a generalized way today. But the essential element is permanent connectivity, which enhances the great use of these services.

For this, four basic ingredients are necessary. The first one is an element that captures real images, such as a camera. An element is also needed to project a mixture of real images with those digitalized, such as a computer, a mobile phone or a console. You also need a processing element, or several of them that work. This serves to interpret the real-world information that the user receives, generate the virtual information that each service needs and mix it properly.

Finally, an element "augmented reality activator" is also necessary. In a world, the system should react.
However, other elements that replace it are used. For example, GPS, accelerometers or compasses. Even in the future, these elements could be eliminated. How? Projecting information so that the eye could see it on glasses, the retina or some advanced holographic technique.

As we said at the beginning, one of the most successful applications of today is Pokémon GO, which offers the possibility of catching pokémon thanks to augmented reality. This game has had a great unprecedented mobilization and represents a great advance for this technology.