The importance of technology is increasing day by day and it has a great impact on the teenagers. Nowadays the life of teenagers revolve around their phones especially social media. With the presence of wireless technology teenagers is nowadays connecting with people all over the world and sharing their information and views with each other. Teens are heavily dependent on the modern-day technology and apps to perform different tasks. And one of the most trending technology is Augmented Reality.
Augmented reality was first invented in 1968 by Ivan Sutherland by developing the first head-mounted display system known as the ‘SWORD OF DAMOCLES’. Although the term Augmented Reality came into existence in 1990 by Tom Caudell. In 1992, a researcher introduced the first Virtual Fixtures. It was the first time that there was the interaction between the physical and digital objects.
Augmented reality basically creates or adds to the existing surroundings. Teenagers are very attracted and involved in the technology of virtual and augmented reality. These platforms blend the real situation with the virtual. Out of augmented and virtual reality, augmented reality is more popular and widely used and accepted. The augmented reality games and apps like Pokémon Go, Snapchat, etc with a virtual reality headset has been widely liked by the teenagers. And it has reignited the interest in AR- VR and it’s applications.
Influences of Augmented Reality
Augmented reality has greatly influenced people and their life’s. Here are some gigantic influences of augmented reality on teens-
- Highly addiction of video games.
- Enhances creativity of teens and increases their mind’s ability to think.
- Provides numerous opportunities to see the world in a manner that could not be expected ever.
- It has become an integral part of child’s life.
- On the other hand, Some augmented reality games which include violent content makes the behavior of the teens aggressive.
Use of technology has various side effects. But there are some games and applications which have AR technology and has been designed with appropriate supervision and limited play which is beneficial for the kids and teens. It enhances their learning power and ability. Here are some of the apps which is great for the kids and teens-
1 Sky Map–
This application is a great way to learn astronomy and makes it a super fun activity. As a result, it attracts the students to learn and enhances their knowledge and most importantly generates interest in learning
2 Toy wheel–
It stimulates the experience of driving a remote control car with a car named Wheely.
3. Curiscope–
With a special T- Shirt and Curiscope application, it makes your smartphone as a digital anatomy lesson because the person wearing the T-SHIRT could be examined from the inside out.
4 Geogoggle–
This is a great learning app and teaches children about geographic distances and measurements. This app sizes up the distances and directions between landmarks.
5 Quiver–
This app is commonly known as Colar Mix. This teaches about drawing and makes it more fun.
6 Zooburst-
This application is basically a story telling book and it allows you to create 3D pop-up books.
Augmented reality is more attractive and hence used by many people and as a result it is profitable for the advertisers and marketers. They create the applications keeping in mind that what will attract people more and what will be they interested in. But apart from that, it is their duty to design apps keeping in mind their influence on the children and teens.
Also, it is not only the duty of the marketers, investors and advertisers. The parents should also take reasonable care that what will be suitable for their children. They should pay crucial attention to the augmented reality apps and games which they can access and download easily. They must take reasonable care of this, as it can highly effect their behavior and lives.
To sum up, Augmented reality has various benefits too and certainly, the children and teens should take advantage of such apps. But appropriate supervision is necessary. When science meets with creativity and education, it makes the best combination. The technology of AUGRAY is launching very soon it’s first-ever AR-based Avatar game.
