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A Brief History of Augmented Reality (The Past)

The first conception of augmented reality occurred in a novel by Frank L
Baum written in 1901 in which a set of electronic glasses mapped data onto
people; it was called a “character marker”. Followed by in 1957, Sensorama
invented by a cinematographer called Morton Helilig, which delivered visuals,
sounds, vibration and smell to the viewer manually.

The Novel Sensorama Google Lens HoloLens

Finally, after a long research, the first properly functioning AR system was
probably the one developed at USAF Armstrong’s Research Lab by Louis
Rosenberg in 1992 called as Virtual Fixture, an incredibly complex robotic
system.

Nowadays, Google announcing its open beta of Google Glass in 2013,
Microsoft announcing augmented reality support and their augmented reality
headset HoloLens in 2015, were the remarkable achievements in the field of
AR or VR. The Current State in Augmented Reality (The Present)
Augmented reality is achieved through a variety of technological innovations;
these can be implemented by modifying General Hardware components,
Displays, Sensors and Input Devices and software development kits (SDK).

Every Industrial sectors that include Archaeology, Art, Architecture,
Commerce, Office Construction, Industrial Design, Education, Translation
Emergency Management, Disaster Recovery, Medical and Search and
Rescue, Games, Sports, entertainment, Tourism, Military and Navigation are
involved in AR development and apps.