New Computer Graphics Systems Give Reality a Convincing Makeover

Whether they know it or not, the National Football League faithful who root for their teams every weekend have also become big fans of "augmented reality". If you're not sure what this is, take a look at your television on Sunday afternoon and notice the yellow "first down" stripe running the width of the field (as well as a blue one that delineates the line of scrimmage). That's augmented reality--technology that merges computer-generated images with real-world sights and sounds. [More]

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