AUGMENT REALITY

Abstract:Augmented reality is the merging of synthetic sensory information into a users perception of a real environment. Until recently, it has presented a passive interface to its human users, who were merely viewers of the scene augmented only with visual information. In contrast, practically since its inception, computer graphicsand its outgrowth into virtual realityhas presented an interactive environment. It is our thesis that the augmented reality interface can be made interactive. We present: techni ues that can free the user from restrictive re uirements such as wor!ing in calibrated environments, results with haptic interface technology incorporated into augmented reality domains, and systems considerations that underlie the practical reali"ation of these interactive augmented reality techni ues.