Understanding to Augmented Reality and Its Types

AR or Augmented reality may not be as excited as VR for many peoples. However, this technology is getting worth and is very useful in our daily life. From social media use to surgical procedures, augmented reality is getting famous day by day. This creates a virtual world in the real world. This may sound unbelievable, but that’s the truth. We can feel and hear this virtualization of objects in our real world.

What is Augmented Reality?

This is the interactive experience of a real-world environment with computer-generated objects. Sometimes, these virtual objects are touchable.

Furthermore, you can also say that indirect or direct view of real-world physical environments with augmented and superimposed computer-generated images.

In detail, the word augmented is derived from augment, which means to add or enhance. In the case of augmented reality (AR), in the natural world, sounds, graphics, and touch feedback are added or enhanced for better user experience.

Types of Augmented Reality

According to nature, feature, and availability, the AR is further divided into four classes. These
types of augmented reality is different from one another due to their work type, use in industries, and other features. For example, Images created in some type of augmented reality are touch while in others they aren’t. 

These types of augmented reality are:

• Projection-based augmented reality
• Marker-Based Augmented Reality
• Marker-less Augmented reality
• Superimposition-based Augmented reality

The evolution of this technology can lead the globalization and businesses to a new world.

Projection-based Augmented reality

This is the simplest type of Augmented reality. This type is all about the projection of objects on a surface. Projection-based augmented imaginary objects are interactive. These images can be touch by hands to convey a message or to input commands. AR keyboards are the perfect example of projection-based augmented reality.

In some cases, the image produced with the projection is not interactive. It depends on apps and how you use technology. These non-interactive objects are created to see or briefly know the complex objects. In daily life, people usually use this type of technology to rearrange their home or living rooms. This technology also helps people in buying new products, appliances, or furniture according to space.

Markerless augmented reality

Markerless augmented reality is also known as location-based augmented reality. This type of AR is useful for industries and other public places.

According to its name, location-based means with the location of the user. The most commonly available app in the Smartphone that provides location detection service is used. This location-based application gets GPS help to get the location of the user. Furthermore, theses augmented location-based apps give information about the user’s nearby location on a Smartphone screen.

Marker-based Augmented Reality

Marker-based Augmented Reality is also known as recognition based AR. As shown by name, this type of AR helps us to get more detail and brief information about the item or objects with the help of QR recognition.

This technology is widely used in departmental stores, expo, and industries. When you scan the object of QR code, the object comes to life in our real world with the help of computer-generated images. These objects aren’t interactive. Another common use of this recognition augmented reality is the translation of language through scanning. These words seen through a smartphone camera are translated with the help of AR.

Superimposition based augmented realty

This is a type of AR that is commonly used in high FPS games and other scenarios. Superimposition based AR provides a replacement view of the object in focus. This is done by replacing the partial or entire look of an object. Night vision, infrared, and thermal view in games is the example of this type of augmented reality.