Chapter 1 WHAT IS AUGMENTED REALITY Some friends stand together in a park Their fingers swipe quickly across smartphone screens One snaps a photo They laugh and point at their phones The group is playing Pokémon Go In the game players toss pretend balls at cartoon Pokémon characters to catch them Smartphones have become an important part of everyday life There are lots of amazing ways to use this technology
This person plays Pokémon Go in a grocery store The phone's camera shows the real store aisle The game added the character and ball Pokémon Go uses a phone's camera to show a person's real life surroundings such as parks roads and buildings The game adds cartoon animals and balls to the real life scene on the phone's screen This is an example of augmented reality AR Reality is everything in the real world Augment means to add something
