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 ...

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.

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That’s kind of what augmented reality, or AR, is all about. It’s not about escaping to a totally new digital place like ...