Chapter 13. Augmenting virtual reality
This chapter covers
- Combining real and virtual inputs inside the Rift
- Exploring panorama images in VR
- Using webcams to bring live 3D stereo video into the Rift
- Using the Leap Motion SDK to capture hand poses in real time
Augmented reality (AR) is the use of computers to digitally enhance your view of the real world. AR isn’t science fiction; it’s real today. Examples include the heads-up display overlaid on a fighter pilot’s cockpit, glasses that project a map of your planned route on a tiny screen near your eye, or mobile phone games that show the room you’re standing in with extra ghosts and goblins added on. AR is rapidly becoming one of the most active fields in the computing industry, because ...
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