It took us a while to absorb the advancement in interactions that the touch screens has brought us recently (Thank you Apple and even Microsoft) but as it seems, we are already playing with the next big thing in the interaction world, Augmented Reality.

What is Augmented Reality? Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data (virtual reality), where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time. (Wikipedia)

So far, there are many beautiful experiments done with AR, and as a big fan of it, I just want to present a few videos here (If you don't know them already):

Some "Basic" Augmented Reality:

Augmented Reality Business Cards – 2 nice videos: (From the "Reaction" Blog)

Augmented Business Card from jonas on Vimeo.

AR Business Card from James Alliban on Vimeo.

Zugara’s Augmented Reality Dressing Room: (From TechCrunch)

Augmented reality – iPhone application that helps you find your Mommy… (From Gizmodo)

iPhone 3GS Augmented Reality from Chris Hughes on Vimeo.

Augmented ID: Augmented Reality Facial Recognition for Mobile: (From ReadWriteWeb)

The future is here?

Layar Mobile Augmented Reality Browser: (From ReadWriteWeb)

Microsoft extreme augmented reality: (From Johnny Holland Magazine)

I am so! looking forward for future developments in this area, it amazing!