Augmented Mobile Realities

As mobile devices become increasingly popular they will become filters through which we view reality. These filters would be considered a form of augmented reality, which is essentially a live view of a real world environment that has been enhanced by an overlay of computer generated imaging to serve a purpose such as photo editing or gathering contextual information. Certain examples of this Augmented Reality are projects like HealthCARe, which provides students at City University with the ability to find relevant information on health care issues simply pointing their phone at something. Another prime example of this technology is the SCARLET project out of the University of Manchester that uses Augmented Reality to make extremely rare books more accessible to students and provide them with additional information to improve their research and educational abilities. In the future this technology has the ability to completely revitalize how we all gain and process information both in education and our every day lives.