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What is augmented reality, anyway?

  • Written by Maximilian Speicher, Sponsored Affiliate Researcher in Interactive and Social Computing, University of Michigan
What is augmented reality, anyway?Is that Pikachu on the street right next to you?Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock.com

Augmented reality systems show virtual objects in the real world – like cat ears and whiskers on a Snapchat selfie, or how well a particular chair might fit in a room. The first big break for AR was the “Pokémon GO” game, released in 2016 with a...

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