Session on World of Reality: Augmented & Virtual at PTF

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A1 and Robot were talk of the day couple of years back.A1 usage is spreading and Robot is taught to children. Dhiraj Malhotra, General Manager, Interactive Digital Media, Services at Lumina Datamatics, Chennai talked about the above topic to the members of The Printing Technologists Forum, Chennai on November 1, 2019. “Augmented Technology” is software maneuvered and “Virtual”, being in effect. Being an expert in Interactive Digital Media, the speaker started his lecture with an eagle flying around, augmented, but it was actual and usage of forthcoming 5G was also demonstrated.

What is Reality?
  1. Thing exists in fact, being previously only existed in mind
  2. The quality of being lifelike.
What is Virtual Reality? (VR)

VR implies a complete immersion experience that shuts out the physical world.

What is Augmented Reality? (AR)

AR adds digital elements to a live view often by using the camera on a smartphone.

What is the goal?

To enhance efficiency in carrying out task or performance.

AR + VR = Mixed Reality.

Popular curiosity arose in 2016 with Pokeman Go.

AR has a long history:

1968: Head Mounted Display (ARHMD)

1974: Videospace

2012: in Print

2013: in Automobiles

2014: Google Glass

What is the ultimate goal?

Create system that a user CANNOT tell the difference between the real world and the virtual augmented gamut. The speaker made it quite interactive by augmenting images on the spot.

-D. Ramalingam

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