Emerging Technologies in Libraries - Augmented Reality

Emerging Technologies in Libraries - Augmented Reality

Types of Display Devices

Hand-Held; Smartphones, tablets and the like.

Head-Mounted Displays; Devices paired with a headset, such as a helmet, an example being Forcite.

History of A.R

Eyeglasses; Devices built to resemble eyeware, such as the upcoming Google Glass.

Contact Lenses; Display devices built into contact lenses.

- 1901 - L Frank Baum writes of electonic spectacles in 'The Master Key'

- 1940's - Early H.U.Ds experimented with.

Projectors; Display devices that project images onto neutral objects, which may be able to be interacted with.

- 1950's - H.U.D's began to take on modern resemblance

- 1966 - Ivan Sutherland invents Head-Mounted Displays

- 1970's - H.U.D's begin appearing in commercial airlines.

- 1975 - Myron Krueger creates Videoplace to allow users to interact with virtual objects for the first time.

- 1980 - Steve Mann creates the first wearable computer

Have You Seen...

- 1981 - Dan Reitan maps weather radar images to maps for TV weather broadcasts, bring A.R. to TV.

- 1988 - H.U.D's appear in cars.

- 1990 - The term Augmented Reality believed to be coined by Tom Caudell

Current and Upcoming Uses

- 1991 - Julie Martin creates first A.R. Theater production.

- Iron Man?

- Top Gun?

- 2000 - Bruce H. Thomas develops ARQuake.

ShelvAR - Shelf

Reading AR app.

- 2013 - Google starts testing Google Glass

AR Library - Navigates

to a book's location.

Bibliography

- The Minority Report?

- Terminator?

What is A.R?

Wikipedia: 'a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.'

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A.R. According to Creative Craft

You have seen examples of A.R in action.

Future Uses of A.R in Libraries

Interaction with Books; See reviews, biographies, holdings, translate passages and cut and store sections of text.

The Future is Coming

A.R. is emerging into society and will become more prevalent as ideas and technology progress.

Interactive Displays; Watch objects spring to life before you, from characters speaking lines from books to looking at what the past was like in history books.

The Downside

If used correctly, it can bring libraries alive in ways not yet experienced.

Cost; The equipment has a cost to set up and run.

Network Connectivity; Without access to the internet, much of the A.R. displays won't run.

Standards; Currently no established standards.

Privacy; Automatic recognition and display software has privacy concerns.