Augmenting Alice

Ariel, GalitGalit Ariel is a creative and strategic thinker with international leadership experience in industrial design, retail and fashion, and education. Galit completed her education at world-leading universities within the creative arts. Her MA thesis focused on Augmented Reality. Galit's keynote speech about Augmented Reality - at the conference South by Southwest (#SXSW17) - has brought attention to her work from across the globe.

Augmented Reality is fast becoming one of themost important emerging technologies, with unprecedentedinvestment growth and interest frombig tech platforms and accelerator industries. Itwill most certainly become THE new platform andstandard for content creation and experience generation.Its use will make it an essential resource,with a societal impact that can only be compared tothe World Wide Web's global influence. This bookprovides a 'wide lens' perspective of the potential,challenges and impact that the widespread implementationof Augmented Reality will bring.The book introduces Augmented Reality's core conceptsand potential to newbies and experts alike.Looking at the impact of the technology as it maturesinto a ground-breaking platform, it goes beyondfunction to explore the context of the technology'simplementation - through social, commercial andbehavioural lenses.

Augmented Reality is fast becoming one of the most important emerging technologies, with unprecedented investment growth and interest from big tech platforms and accelerator industries. It will most certainly become THE new platform and standard for content creation and experience generation. Its use will make it an essential resource, with a societal impact that can only be compared to the World Wide Web's global influence. This book provides a 'wide lens' perspective of the potential, challenges and impact that the widespread implementation of Augmented Reality will bring.