augmented reality

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Digital Technology. : AR
1. an enhanced image or environment as viewed on a screen or other display, produced by overlaying computer-generated images, sounds, or other data on a real-world environment.
2. a system or technology used to produce such an enhanced environment:
  With augmented reality, tourists can see signs and other written words translated into English just by using their smartphone camera and this app.

augmented reality

noun

an artificial environment created through the combination of real-world and computer-generated data

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Word History and Origins

Origin of augmented reality¹

First recorded in 1980–85; patterned after virtual reality

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Word History and Origins

Origin of augmented reality¹

C20: based on virtual reality

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Example Sentences

Players — also called trainers, who capture and battle monsters by walking around in the real world with a digital overlay, called augmented reality — have logged 30 billion miles in the app.

From Los Angeles Times

The company will keep its other games that use the augmented reality tech, “Ingress Prime” and “Peridot.”

From Los Angeles Times

The game involves players walking around in the real world to hunt the collectable creatures, which appear on their phone screens using augmented reality.

From BBC

It’s been nearly a decade since the release of mobile game Pokémon Go, the brainchild of San Francisco-based augmented reality developer Niantic and the Pokémon Co. — you may recall the days of 2016 when droves of Angelenos swarmed the city’s streets in search of brightly colored, cartoon-like Pokémon.

From Los Angeles Times

"Something along the lines of virtual reality, or perhaps more like augmented reality, where you can create a digital environment which merges with the real world and people can interact with things in that world," he says.

From BBC

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