Augmenting Reality: A new paradigm for interacting with computers
Wendy E. Mackay · 1996
A revolution in computer interface design is changing the way we think about computers. Rather than typing on a keyboard and watching a television monitor, Augmented Reality lets people use familiar, everyday objects in ordinary ways. The difference is that these objects also provide a link into a computer network. Doctors can examine patients while viewing superimposed medical images; children can program their own LEGO constructions; and construction engineers can use ordinary paper engineering drawings to make live video connections to colleagues far away. Rather than immersing people in an artifically-created virtual world, the goal is to augment everyday objects in the physical world by enhancing them with a wealth of digital information and communication capabilities.