Entertainment

One of the most exciting applications for augmented reality is in the entertainment industry. As highlighted by the incredibly popular game Ingress, the ability to capture the world around us and add fantastical features will take entertainment to the next level.

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Videogames and movies that emerge the world around you will give each of us an incredibly personal and interactive entertainment experience.

In fact, the allure of augmented reality in the gaming industry is so big that, by 2020, it is predicted to be worth around $120 billion. That total is three times that of virtual reality, underlining its wide range of applications.

Business and industry

It’s not all fun and games though. Augmented reality has a lot to offer businesses and industry too. Any industry where skilled workers such as engineers or manufacturers need to access information in real time can benefit greatly from augmented reality.

Among it’s wide number of applications, augmented reality could be used to help train staff, improve effectiveness of industrial maintenance checks and make your products easier to find and purchase.

Education

Augmented reality is already in use as an educational tool around the world and is a great way to make information exciting and engaging for students.

Whether studying the human body with digital 3D figures that leap out of screens to bringing old fashioned text books to life,  augmented reality could possibly be the next big step in teaching tools.

Aurasma, an augmented reality app available on tablets has been working with schools for a few years already.

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