Wearable computing and augmented reality are merging fast to deliver a completely new experience. An Augmented Reality Watch can extend your favorite timepiece. It can add a handful of features to a $20 watch. It can make a wristband ticking.
The idea of the augmented reality watch concept is to leverage a wearable camera to capture images, to run object recognition algorithms and to show additional information on a wearable display. Software of an augmented reality system can easily recognize simple shapes such as circles, squares, and lines. That is why a wristwatch would be ideal as one of the controlling devices for an augmented reality system.
Wristwatches are:
- Visible when needed. Hidden under a shirt sleeve most of the time;
- Accessible when both hands are busy;
- Accessible faster compared to voice commands.
The challenge is to tune augmented reality algorithms to recognize a particular watch, so the system is not activated with other watches. A trip to London may be surprising if you see calendar reminders being augmented around Big Ben.
The Augmented Reality Watch is still a concept but one day we may find it available. That is why the picture was heavily edited.
I hope you enjoyed reading about this concept. Try to think about how augmented reality can make your life easier.
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