Watch NYU Expert Explain Future of Augmented Reality Behind 'Pokemon Go'

Professor Mark Skwarek explains how rise of augmented reality could lead to industrial revolution – and digital addiction


Pokémon Go has brought augmented reality – the technology that allows digital content to overlay the real world – to the masses. But, explains artist and director of New York University's Mobile Augmented Reality Lab Mark Skwarek, this is just the "tip of the iceberg."

Instead of just video chatting with someone on the other side of the world, what if you could strap on cameras and sit in the same room? Instead of watching a video of how to fix your car, people could soon have that information overlaid on an actual engine.

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