Author: Efstratios Geronikolakis

Augmented Reality is a technology that allows us to see things through a device that normally do not exist in our world. What if this was used in order to let us have access on how an area or a building used to look like in the past? The National Museum of Singapore has adopted Augmented Reality and achieved what is described above. By using a specific device, which uses the Google Tango technology, visitors see the way that some points of the museum looked like in the past. For instance, they can see an Indian Fin Whale skeleton...

The technology of Augmented Reality has already entered our lives and keeps evolving every day. It is pretty often that we see a new incorporation of the Augmented Reality technology to new applications. Such a new application is called “Smartify” which is used in art museums. It is an application, which recognizes the piece of art that the camera of your phone is pointing to through image recognition. Then, it gives you information about that piece of art like its name, its creator and many more. It is a great innovation, which is expected to create a very interesting...

Augmented Reality (AR) has been a part of our life for quite some time now. It is a great innovation, which lately became really easy to use, as the need of pricey equipment and its usage complexity, has come to an end. That is because, Augmented Reality is accessible via our smartphones. We only need a smartphone with the capability to support Augmented Reality, in order to experience that great technology. Augmented Reality has already been applied to many sectors. Firstly, the Franklin Institute has adopted Augmented Reality, in order for visitors to be able to tap on the...

Application of Augmented Reality (AR) in museums, in order to preserve our cultural heritage.

Microsoft Hololens for cultural heritage.