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AUGMENTED REALITY: ENHANCING PERCEPTION IN REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT

Augmented reality has a variety of uses, from assisting in the decision-making process to entertainment. AR is used to either visually change natural environments in some way or to provide additional information to users. The primary benefit of AR is that it manages to blend digital and three-dimensional (3D) components with an individual's perception of the real world. AR delivers visual elements, sound and other sensory information to the user through a device like a Smartphone, glasses or a headset. This information is overlaid onto the device to create an interwoven and immersive experience where digital information alters the user's perception of the physical world. The overlaid information can be added to an environment or mask part of the natural environment Being Computer Services, Research and Technology employee Thomas dell coined the term augmented reality in 1990 to describe how the head-mounted displays that electricians use when assembling complicated wiring harne...