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title: "3D augmented reality awesome real life example"
description: "This new technology, called augmented reality, blurs the line between what's real and what's computer-generated by enhancing what we see, hear, feel and smell.."
url: https://srinimf.com/2017/10/06/my-collection-how-3d-augumented-reality-works/
date: 2017-10-06
modified: 2026-10-10
author: "Srini"
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categories: ["Artificial Intelligence"]
tags: ["3D augmented reality", "Augmented reality examples"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# 3D augmented reality awesome real life example

![The SixthSense augmented reality system lets you project a phone pad onto your hand and phone a friend -- without removing the phone from your pocket. See more gadget pictures.](https://i0.wp.com/s.hswstatic.com/gif/augmented-reality-1.jpg?resize=507%2C338)

Video games have been entertaining us for nearly 30 years, ever since [Pong](http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game2.htm) was introduced to arcades in the early 1970s. [Computer](http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm) graphics have become much more sophisticated since then, and game graphics are pushing the barriers of photorealism. Now, researchers and engineers are pulling graphics out of your [television](http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm) screen or computer display and integrating them into real-world environments. This new technology, called **augmented reality**, blurs the line between what’s real and what’s computer-generated by enhancing what we see, hear, feel and smell.

On the spectrum between virtual reality, which creates immersive, computer-generated environments, and the real world, augmented reality is closer to the real world. Augmented reality adds graphics, sounds, haptic feedback and smell to the natural world as it exists. Both video games and cell phones are driving the development of augmented reality. Everyone from tourists, to soldiers, to someone looking for the closest [subway](http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/civil/subway.htm) stop can now benefit from the ability to place computer-generated graphics in their field of vision. [Read full article on howstuffworks.](http://computer.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm)

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