GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!

BY SALEM TOU

Have you ever used a filter to make a silly face, get eyelashes, or even get a shiny smile? Well, actually you have used AR (Augmented Reality), which we could define it as an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated content, actually AR is not a modern technology, back in 1990 Tom Caudell, a Boeing researcher, coined the term (augmented reality), while in 1992 Louis Rosenburg, a researcher in the USAF Armstrong’s Research Lab, created ‘Virtual Fixtures’, which was one of the first fully functional augmented reality systems. Now after you have more knowledge about AR, let’s get to the fun part.

Pika Pika Pikachu!

AR technology made a huge difference in the game industry from making it more immersive to capturing your body motion to trace it with the game characters. Such as Xbox 360 camera was a whole new level step for the game industry although the big shot was when Pokemon Go was released this game was about hunting Pokemons and having your own collection just open the app and use the camera to track the creatures.

Face ID

Sometimes you might need your ID card to do some transactions but you lost it, or your fingerprint to unlock your phone but your fingers are sweaty, so AR came with a sub-technology called face recognition which is a technology that scans your face by using the camera that projects over 30000 dots onto the surface of your face then analyze it so the next time you use your phone it will be unlocked just by scanning your face, also it is used in many government transactions because it is harder to be stolen.

Buying a new house

How many times have you gone to buy a new table, bed, or even a lamp, and after you made your purchase you went back home and the thing you bought can’t fit in the space? AirMesure is a game changer because it offers a virtual ruler that is so accurate that you won’t forget it at home because it’s already on your phone just open the camera and use it, too simple.

Try it on before buying it

Since 2019 when COVID-19 started many people have preferred online shopping to traditional shopping but some of the worst things are that you can’t try your clothes on before buying it. Wanna Kicks came up with the solution for that which is software that allows you to try the shoe before buying it, the app works such as when you use a Snapchat filter where it scans your foot size and makes you try the shoe before buying it and it has a huge amount of brands to try on.