augmented reality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɑɡˌmɛntəd ɹiˈæləti/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
- /ɔːɡˌmɛntɪd ɹiːˈælɪti/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɔɡˌmɛntəd ɹiˈæləti/ (US)
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image in real time.
Augmented Reality enhances a user's perception of and interaction with the real world. The virtual objects display information that the user cannot directly detect with his own senses.
1997 August, Ronald T. Azuma, “A Survey of Augmented Reality”, in Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, volume 6, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 355–385:Microsoft workers are calling on their employer to cancel a $480m contract to provide the US army with augmented reality (AR) headsets, saying they “do not want to become war profiteers”.
2019 February 22, Julia Carrie Wong, “‘We won't be war profiteers’: Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract”, in The Guardian:Near-synonyms: MR, mixed reality, hybrid reality, XR, extended reality, spatial computing, CPS, cyber-physical system, metaverse
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| augmented realities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
augmented virtuality · reality · supranet · real reality · virtual reality · RR · virtual reality · IRL · real reality · VR
Hypernyms
Relateds
🥽 · spatial computing · AR · extended reality
Synonyms
spatial computing · hybrid reality · w:cyber-physical system · MR · XR · CPS · metaverse · extended reality · mixed reality
Translations (36)
ar الواقع المعزز (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · gl realidade aumentada (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · it realtà aumentata (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · ka გაფართოებული რეალობა (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · id realitas tertambah (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · yue 擴增實境 /扩增实境 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · hi संवर्धित वास्तविकता (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · el επαυξημένη πραγματικότητα (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · da forstærket virkelighed (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · ja 拡張現実 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · cy gor-realaeth (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · hy համալրված իրականություն (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · de erweiterte Realität (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · ka აუგმენტური რეალობა (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · es realidad aumentada (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · yue 擴張實境 /扩张实境 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · fi lisätty todellisuus (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · pl rzeczywistość rozszerzona (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · kk күшейтілген шындық (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · ms realiti terimbuh (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · da udvidet virkelighed (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · nb utvidet virkelighet (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · hu kiterjesztett valóság (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · yue 增強現實 /增强现实 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · pt realidade aumentada (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · ko 증강 현실 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · cy realiti estynedig (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · yue 增強現實 /增强现实 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · da suppleret virkelighed (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · nl aangevulde realiteit (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · fr réalité augmentée (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · yue 擴張實境 /扩张实境 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · ru допо́лненная реа́льность (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · mk проши́рена ре́алност (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · yue 擴增實境 /扩增实境 (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image) · sv förstärkt verklighet (merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image)