Unlike virtual reality's made-up world, augmented reality adds graphics and sound to real-life places and scenes. WSJ's Katherine Boehret offers a peek into this tech trend.

Chances are your first introduction to augmented reality (AR) was in the 1986 movie Top Gun where our fighter pilot heroes fly planes with heads-up displays that let them monitor their planes and ...

Augmented Reality (AR) is swiftly revolutionizing our interactions with the environment, transcending its previous association with the realm of science fiction to become a practical tool in numerous ...

The key is a digital twin. by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann Augmented reality starts with a camera-equipped device—such as a smartphone, a tablet, or smart glasses—loaded with AR software.

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that enriches the classroom learning experience by overlaying digital content onto real-world content, simply using devices that already exist in most classrooms ...

To understand the practical challenges of indoor augmented reality applications on smartphones, researchers conducted 113 hours of extensive experiments and case studies over 316 patterns to determine ...

Instances of AR failure: (a) Over a period of few frames, virtual objects drift in the virtual world due to tracking failure. (b, c) Virtual objects (tables and chairs) shift globally due to ...