Augmented reality (AR) uses computer-generated images overlaid on the real world. With 5G networks, AR glasses could display texts, emails, maps and games in the user's field of vision. Apple is expected to release AR glasses in 2020 that synchronize with iPhones. The glasses may include an app store and establish Apple as the leader in this new product category and eventual iPhone successor. However, the technology is still in its infancy with safety and usability issues if AR images distract users, especially in dangerous situations like driving. Further improvements are needed before AR glasses become practical mainstream devices.

1. 5G is Going to Change Everything – Look What’s Coming -
Augmented Reality
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You’ve heard of virtual reality and the computer-generated fake worlds you can create
an interact with, well have you heard about what’s in store for us with augmented
reality?
What the hell is augmented reality (AR) I hear you say? Glad you asked.
Okay let’s start with a definition of what augmented reality is – This is a definition from
Lexico.com
A technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user’s view of the
real world, thus providing a composite view.
So, what that means is you’ll be able to wear some technology that will overlay some
digital information over what you’re looking at. For example, imagine wearing a pair of
glasses that can display your text messages and emails etc on the lenses while you’re
walking down the street. This is roughly how that’s going to work; You would link your
phone via an augmented reality app to the device you’re wearing (your glasses) and
boom augmented reality right in front of your eyes.
Is this real, is augmented reality coming? You betcha,
check this out…
Apple’s long-awaited AR glasses, which are expected to have holographic displays in
their lenses. Apple has targeted 2020 for the release of its AR headset, an attempt to
succeed where Google Glass failed years ago. The glasses are expected to synchronize
with a wearer’s iPhone to display things such as texts, emails, maps, and games over the
user’s field of vision. The company has considered including an App Store with the
headset, as it does on Apple TV streaming devices and the Apple Watch. It’s hiring
experts in graphics and game development to establish the glasses as the leader in a new
product category and, if all goes perfectly, an eventual successor to the iPhone.
Article source – bloomberg.com
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2. This is just a gif image from Giphy.com and probably not what Apple’s AR glasses are going to
look like – But this is what we’re talking about!
It seems that 5G really is going to change the way we view our world and with the speed
that computer technology and communication technology is changing things, in the next
few years our world, in terms of the way we communicate and how we access
information is going to be radically different. Here are 12 more amazing and scary
predictions for the future that the experts think will happen.
And if Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Snap and Samsung pull off their planned
new tech launches in the next couple of years maybe those 12 predictions need to be
taken a bit more seriously.
This is amazing stuff and with the rate things are changing can you
imagine what the technology our grandchildren are going to have
access to?
But…
My less than tech-savvy, basic brain can see a couple of real-reality problems. Imagine
you’re driving down the road during rush hour, it’s bumper to bumper, in stop-start
traffic that means you’ve got a concentrate hard, and a text message pops up in front of
your eyeballs. Isn’t that dangerous, and potentially illegal?
And we see kids these days with earbuds in their ears walking down the road with their
eyes glued to their phones, completely oblivious to where they are or what’s around
them, just stepping out in front of cars because they’re distracted by a new Snapchat or
Instagram image.
Hopefully, you’ll be able to turn AR on and off. And if so, why not just look at your phone?
And as the Bloomberg article suggested, there’s no real hook yet that is going to make
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3. the new AR glasses the “must-have” gadget to buy for next Christmas.
What these AR tech guys are proposing is incredible but I think it’s in its infancy and I
think there are more than a few wrinkles to iron out. I’m sure they’ll come and this new
tech will improve quickly to make them practical, but right now I don’t see the point. And
like all technology, give it a few years and AR eyeglasses will be like the first IBM personal
computers from 1981, old now, and amusing when you look back.
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