History of Augmented Reality

CAR 111 | KAYE PARK

What is Augmented Reality?

● A view of a reality that a person can see through any digital gadgets with screens like phone, tablet, or computer

The Beginning: 1968

● “The Sword of Damocles”● Invented by Ivan Sutherland with his student Bob Sproull● Works with a head-mounted display that is connected

with the ceiling● Shows a simple wireframe drawing through the

head-mounted display

1974

● “Videoplace”● Invented by Myron Krueger● A projection system with a video camera in an interactive

environment● Able to do a slideshow, type, draw/sketch, play around

with critters

1992

● “Virtual Fixture”: ● Augmented sensory information of a real environment● Invented by Louis Rosenberg at U.S. Air Force Research

Lab● Using by wearing a full upper-body exoskeleton that

controls two robots a pair of binocular magnifiers for immersive experience

● Invented this technology because 3D graphics were too slow to process in 1990s

1999

● Hybrid synthetic vision system in their X-38 spacecraft● Invented by NASA● Helped them to improve on the navigation on their test

flights

2000

● ARToolKit● Invented by Hirokazu Kato from Japan● Able to capture real-world actions and combine with

virtual object through camera and internet● The technology that many of the current companies are

using with their AR services

2009

● AR in print media● Esquire magazine● Scan the barcode on the magazine, then the readers can

view their AR content●● ARToolkit available in internet browsers

From 2013 to now

● Companies using AR for their service○ Volkswagen’s Mobile Augmented Reality Technical Assistance

○ Kayak

○ Amazon

○ Pokemon Go

● Inventions of Google Glass, Microsoft HoloLens

The Future of AR

● Steady rise of popularity in AR/VR industry● Augmented reality to be expected in other fields like

medical, business, and real estate.● Fast development of AR in the past 10 years

Sources

● https://www.colocationamerica.com/blog/history-of-augmented-reality

● https://www.augment.com/blog/infographic-lengthy-history-augmented-

reality/

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVUgfUvP4uk

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyIWzapmOLI

● https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/augmented-reality-

the-past-the-present-and-the-future

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp2z36kKn0s

● https://medium.com/predict/the-future-of-augmented-reality-90143b98

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● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBlnYSsMJDU

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