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Augmented Reality (AR) stands for superimposing virtual objects in the user's view of the real world, providing novel visualisation technology for a wide range of application areas. The work by VTT's Augmented Reality team dates back to the year 2000, when we started developing virtual advertisements for live TV broadcast and, a little later, games and entertainment applications.

By Tuomas Kantonen, Charles Woodward, Neil Katz

Currently the biggest benefits of 3D virtual environments seem to reside in teaching and training applications. There are distinct possibilities to enhance learning experience with these environments, but also barriers in their use. The aim of this paper is to help educators narrow down their choice, by matching different user needs with features and restrictions of these environments.

INTUITION is a Network Of Excellence focused on Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments applications for future workspaces. It is funded by the European Union, and operates under the 6th Framework of the European Commission (IST).

UDENTE (Universal Dental E-learning) is the world's first virtual dental school. It uses the latest cutting-edge technology, and draws from the highest rated research in global dentistry to deliver a flexible package for students, educators and other members of the dental professions alike.

Mobile Mixed Reality work package is focusing on augmented reality, computer vision, enabling libraries, mobile services and virtuality.

Great discussions about AR glasses and related equipment.

Teemu Surakka & Sami Ahma-aho, Aalto-yliopisto

Augmented reality (AR) combines the real world with virtual content using a simple camera such as a digital, video or web camera. To find out more visitwww.ssatrust.org.uk/resources

T(ether) is a novel spatially aware display that supports intuitive interaction with volumetric data. The display acts as a window affording users a perspective view of three- dimensional data through tracking of head position and orientation. T(ether) creates a 1:1 mapping between real and virtual coordinate space allowing immersive exploration of the joint domain.

by Karen E. Hamilton (View ETC: Advancing Learning presentation on http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/k3hamilton-478823-augmented-reality-in-education/ SXSW Interactive 2011: The Potential of Augmented Reality for Education Panel, Karen's portion http://portal.sliderocket.com/AMIVA/SXSWkh) Augmented reality (AR) according to Ronald Azuma, Research Leader at Nokia Research Centre, is "an environment that includes both virtual reality and real-world elements.

The overall aim of the hapTEL™ project is to design, develop and evaluate a virtual learning system which includes haptic and synthetic devices. Haptics is the study of human touch and interaction with the external environment via touch.

An article by Patricia Reynolds