Augmented reality (AR) is poised to transform everyday life in four key areas: urban exploration, safety and rescue operations, entertainment, and shopping experiences. AR will enhance navigation, provide critical information to first responders, revolutionize gaming by merging real and digital worlds, and improve retail by allowing customers to visualize products in their own environments. These advancements promise to fundamentally change how people interact with their surroundings and make informed decisions.

1. 4 Ways Augmented Reality Will Change
Everyday Life

2. Augmented reality has a multitude of use cases, we’re sure
that you’ve heard it all before.
Below are 4 ways that AR has the opportunity to change the
world in the near future.

3. 1. Urban Exploration

4. Augmented reality has always been closely tied to navigation and it is
undoubtedly an area that AR will help to improve for through mobile devices and
manufactured vehicles.
AR may completely revamp how we navigate the world,
both indoors and outdoors.

5. Imagine seeing directions before you throughout
Walmart to find the laundry detergent you were
looking for. Navigating the outdoors on-foot will
also become greatly improved with AR. New age
cars will use AR to paint a clearly depiction of
directions without having to look away from the
road.

6. Overlaying information along the way with directions that lead you through your
very environment is how augmented reality will revolutionize exploration.

7. 2. Safety and Rescue Operations

8. One of the most consistent use cases of augmented reality is in
safety and rescue operations.
In rescue operations, ideally, first responders will be presented with a detailed
overlay of information of the environment. AR could provide a 3D map of the area
to equip first responders with the most information possible; bringing a
never-before transparency to the scene of the incident.

9. AR companies like Daqri are focused on
assisting on-site manufacturing and
construction workers. There’s a dire need for
safety in these environments and Daqri’s
augmented reality enabled smart helmet,
workers see relevant, actionable data where
and when they need it.

10. One of the premiere capabilities of the headset is overlaying augmented work
instructions to show workers (live) how something should be fixed or assembled
as they’re doing so.
This lends itself to many uses within production and manufacturing that would
otherwise require multiple steps.

11. 3. Entertainment

12. Augmented reality is flourishing most through
entertainment and that’s not expected to die
down anytime soon. Pokemon Go still holds the
title for the largest rollout of AR for mass
consumption, but with the advancements of
forthcoming AR headsets, entertainment is
about to explore a tech revolution.
AR headsets like Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leap,
and the Meta 2 are turning our environment into
digital interfaces.

13. Magic Leap has demoed how gaming in AR would appear, turning your
surroundings into an interactive, gaming landscape. Virtual reality games have
proven successful but they set a barrier between the player and reality.
AR gaming experiences can add to your own reality, making the gameplay feel
much more natural.

14. 4. Shopping Experiences

15. The largest impact of AR may land in the retail and omni-commerce space.
Innovation in retail is already accelerating and product visualization is the next
trend to change the industry forever.
In-store, AR can easily display information and other visuals on packaged items
with a simple image scan. AR has been used to show what comes with a
packaged product so customers know what to expect.

16. Online, AR is helping E-Commerce shoppers try products at home before they purchase.

17. Augment is active in allowing customers to
try their products in front of them before
they make a decision online.
In the future, all stores will feature 3D models
that can be seen in your very room with a
click of a button. See how the lamp you want
to buy would look in your living room through
AR, or the queen size bed that you don’t
think will fit in your bedroom.

18. AR is set to have a sudden impact
both in-store and online for retail merchants.

19. Have you seen this?

20. At Google I/O, one of the surprising products announced was the Google Home
speaker, set to compete with the Amazon Echo and other in-home smart devices.
Watch as we review the Google Home through augmented reality. Try it now on
Augment: http://agmt.it/m/Syt2AcpG

21. www.augment.com