3. Augmented reality applications

The concept of virtual – real mixing, which may have seemed futuristic in the 1980s, is now being applied in a number of sectors. . The media, automotive, rail and aerospace industries, the medical sector and the leisure sector are all taking a keen interest in virtual reality to offset its drawbacks.

In this section, we will describe some academic projects that have served as a guide for the design of AR architectures and development tools, then we will describe industrial pre-projects as well as companies specialized in AR, and we will end with the description of AR applications in a few fields both industrial and concerning the general public....