Augmented Reality, abbreviated AR, is an artificial environment made up of the combination or real and computer-generated date, usually overlayed images connected in real-time. Augmented reality lies somewhere between virtual reality and the real world. How does augmented reality work? From shopping to culture to decorating your home, find out some ways in which augmented reality will improve your life.3D Street Art gets upgraded to 4D with augmented reality! Their mission is "Advancing Augmented Reality to Advance Humanity." They want to educate and innovate. AugmentedReality.org is a not-for-profit platform that anyone can use to help reach augmented reality's full potential. Get inspired! Don't miss these related TED Talks: Marco Tempest - The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion.Sergey Brin - Why Google Glass?It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? Onstage at TED2013, Brin calls for a new way of seeing our relationship with our mobile computers -- not hunched over a screen but meeting the world heads-up.John Maeda - How art, technology and design inform creative leadersJohn Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda’s earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.

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