Augmented realitymaking hypotheses What might augmented reality be

Augmented reality-making hypotheses What might ‘augmented reality’ be? Which industries might have adopted this technology already? How might we be able to use it? In what ways might it impact our everyday life? Could you name any potential disadvantages? Shoulder partners

Revealed World- article The regular world presented to us by our five senses – you could call it reality 1. 0 – is not always the most user-friendly of places. We get lost in unfamiliar cities; we meet people whose language we don’t understand. So why not try the improved version: augmented reality (AR) or reality 2. 0? AR technology superimposes computer-generated images on the real world, via a mobile phone camera or special video glasses. Read and fill in

Place mat Work in groups of 4 Step 1: Divide your paper into 4/5 sections; in the centre draw a square or a circle as shown in the photo above Step 2: Read the questions and record your responses in your allocated section Step 3: When you have finished, discuss and write your collective ideas in the central square/circle; they will be representative of the whole group Which of the AR applications described in the article do you think will be really useful? Can you think of any possible applications and the impact this may have on our lives? To what extend to you agree with the fact that our five senses may not always be ‘user-friendly’? What do you think is the answer to the author’s last question?

Language focus-future continuous and future perfect simple Look at the sentences from the article and the verbs in bold. Answer the questions: Which sentences describe an action in progress at a certain time in the future? Which sentences describe an action completed before a certain point of time in the future? A few years from now the quantity of information available will have increased enormously. Ten years from now a person trying to fix their car won’t be looking at a repair manual. They will be wearing a device that projects animated 3 D computer graphics onto the equipment under repair. In ten years time this device will have been replaced by contact lenses with etched with LEDs.

Comparison A few years from now the quantity of information available will have increased enormously. Ten years from now a person trying to fix their car won’t be looking at a repair manual.

Practice time Speaking Work in groups. Discuss the predictions for mobile technology in the previous exercise and decide which ones will come true and which not. Then make two more predictions of your own.