Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality

Augmented Reality (AR) blurs the boundary between the physical and digital worlds. In AR’s current exploration phase, innovators are beginning to create compelling and contextually rich applications that enhance a user’s everyday experiences. In this book, Dr. Helen Papagiannis—a world-leading expert in the field—introduces you to AR: how it’s evolving, where the opportunities are, and where it’s headed.

If you’re a designer, developer, entrepreneur, student, educator, business leader, artist, or simply curious about AR’s possibilities, this insightful guide explains how you can become involved with an exciting, fast-moving technology.

You’ll explore how:

• Computer vision, machine learning, cameras, sensors, and wearables change the way you see the world
• Haptic technology syncs what you see with how something feels
• Augmented sound and hearables alter the way you listen to your environment
• Digital smell and taste augment the way you share and receive information
• New approaches to storytelling immerse and engage users more deeply
• Users can augment their bodies with electronic textiles, embedded technology, and brain-controlled interfaces
• Human avatars can learn our behaviors and act on our behalf

• Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
• Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
• Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do
• Charlie Fink's Metaverse - An AR Enabled Guide to AR & VR
• Practical Augmented Reality: A Guide to the Technologies, Applications, and Human Factors for AR and VR (Usability)
• Marketing New Realities: An Introduction to Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, & Communications
• Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice (Usability)
• Creating Augmented and Virtual Realities: Theory and Practice for Next-Generation Spatial Computing
• Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life
• The Fourth Transformation