{"id":7097,"date":"2012-09-03T13:28:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/?p=7097"},"modified":"2012-09-06T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T17:48:04","slug":"augmented-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/2012\/09\/03\/augmented-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmented Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A capability that has been around for decades, <strong>Augmented Reality<\/strong>, is shifting from what was once seen as a gimmick to a bonafide game-changer. The layering of information over 3D space produces a new experience of the world, sometimes referred to as \u201cblended reality,\u201d and is fueling the broader migration of computing from the desktop to the mobile device, bringing with it new expectations regarding access to information and new opportunities for learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Venture opportunities in\u00a0<strong>Augmented Reality<\/strong>\u00a0can be found in all education sectors for tools, content, programs and resources. \u00a0 Many platforms and \u2018worlds\u2019 already exist, with specific opportunities to leverage tablet and smart phone devices in context-aware mobile environments to augment the real world in authentic, constructive ways with learning experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction Source(s): \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmc.org\/publications\/2012-horizon-report-\">NMC \u2013 2012 K-12 Horizon Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A capability that has been around for decades, Augmented Reality, is shifting from what was once seen as a gimmick to a bonafide game-changer. The layering of information over 3D space produces a new experience of the world, sometimes referred to as \u201cblended reality,\u201d and is fueling the broader migration of computing from the desktop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325967],"tags":[6732,14967,4963],"class_list":["post-7097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-markets-poll","tag-augmented-reality","tag-emerging-markets","tag-poll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7230,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions\/7230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}