No Longer a Phone: The Cellphone as an Enabler of Augmented Reality

Today's navigation is different, with no paper map or compass. Instead we use a cellphone that has a built-in GPS. Such a cellphone is also equipped with an embedded camera that can read signs in various languages and barcodes that most humans cannot decipher. Combined, the GPS and the camera p...

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Published in:Transfers 2013-06, Vol.3 (2), p.70-88
Main Author: Wellner, Galit
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Today's navigation is different, with no paper map or compass. Instead we use a cellphone that has a built-in GPS. Such a cellphone is also equipped with an embedded camera that can read signs in various languages and barcodes that most humans cannot decipher. Combined, the GPS and the camera participate in the production and exercise of augmented reality, where reality is presented with layers of information which are accessible only through technological mediation. Currently such mediation is enabled by the cellphone, thereby providing novel dimensions to our experience of mobility. Consequently it produces innovative ways of navigation and a new sensation of reality.
ISSN:2045-4813
2045-4821
DOI:10.3167/TRANS.2013.030205