Unlike virtual reality's made-up world, augmented reality adds graphics and sound to real-life places and scenes. WSJ's Katherine Boehret offers a peek into this tech trend.

The key is a digital twin. by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann Augmented reality starts with a camera-equipped device—such as a smartphone, a tablet, or smart glasses—loaded with AR software.

To understand the practical challenges of indoor augmented reality applications on smartphones, researchers conducted 113 hours of extensive experiments and case studies over 316 patterns to determine ...

Instances of AR failure: (a) Over a period of few frames, virtual objects drift in the virtual world due to tracking failure. (b, c) Virtual objects (tables and chairs) shift globally due to ...

Chances are your first introduction to augmented reality (AR) was in the 1986 movie Top Gun where our fighter pilot heroes fly planes with heads-up displays that let them monitor their planes and ...

Armed with virtual headsets and precision measurements, engineers can perform dry runs before strenuous assembly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...