Head-up display
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A head-up display, also known as a HUD or head-up guidance system, is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the nam
HUD of an F/A-18 Hornet
HUD mounted in a PZL TS-11 Iskra jet trainer aircraft with a glass plate combiner and a convex collimating lens just below it
Longitudinal cross-section of a basic reflector sight (1937 German Revi C12/A)
Copilot's HUD of a C-130J
Augmented reality
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Augmented reality, also known as mixed reality, is a form of 3D human–computer interaction that overlays real-time 3D-rendered computer graphics into the real world through a display, such as a handhe
Head-up display
…HUDs are now used in commercial aircraft, automobiles, and other (mostly professional) applications. Head-up displays were a precursor technology to augmented reality (AR), incorporating a subset of the features needed for the full AR experience, but lacking the necessary registration and tracking between the virtual…
Augmented reality for viewing furniture in the real world
An example of augmented reality: a man viewing a life-size virtual model of a building
An augmented reality mapping application
A man wearing an augmented reality headset