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How Can Augmented Reality Help During the Covid-19 Crisis?

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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the world was forced to embrace the new lifestyle of Social Distancing . Over the past few months, various forms of social distancing like complete and partial lockdowns, restricted attendance, etc. have come into play. To ensure connectivity during lockdown scenarios, the workforce and the learning community have been forced to take up remote work and online classes. Though this trend had been picking up at a snail's pace in the recent decade, it took the Covid-19 pandemic, sadly, to thrust this in top gear to help the general public find their place in a dystopian setup. Changing a Supply-Chain Management model overnight is impossible and can bring a business to a halt. As we look at Technology to rescue us, one such promising field is Augmented Reality which works by superimposing information on objects.  Augmented Reality for Enterprise  Today's enterprises operate in highly complex, diverse, and dynamic environments. The enterprise sector is h

How Can Geo AR Change Our Lives?

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What is Geo AR?  Geo AR stands for geospatial augmented reality service. Everyone knows about Pokemon Go, where the players had to "hunt" for Pokemon monsters based on their locations. Simply stated, Pokemon Go used this revolutionary Geo AR feature to set up Pokemon monsters at various locations across the world. In simple terms, the phone uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) and determines the coordinates on the world and communicates this location to the phone's camera. The camera, in turn, shows AR content on the phone to highlight various parameters in a place like directions, places, markers, or even the next step to be taken by a person in that location.  Use Cases for Geo AR  1. Show appropriate directions to help travellers in new locations  Some of the obvious use cases for Geo AR are in the travel industry loosely. Imagine a traveller in a new location and trying to find a hotel. With an appropriate Geo AR marker, the traveller can find directions to t