Futuristic as it may sound, Fraunhofer CSE and the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA) are teaming up to teach YOU how to build your own augmented reality application.
On June 27th and 28th, MAVA is hosting the “Connecting for Success Conference”, an event aimed at professionals involved with career and technical education. Fraunhofer CSE will be presenting new visualization tools for building technology— including augmented reality applications—as well as a method that vocational teachers and students can use to produce their own augmented reality apps in a few simple steps.
Augmented reality (AR) is the principle of overlaying information or graphics over the visible world as viewed through a smartphone or similar device. To date, AR has been the stuff of games and advertisements, but we’re starting to see more applications that open the door for augmented reality as a platform for education, training, and (we think) for building technology and energy efficiency.