After trying out Augmented Reality using Metaio, I feel that there's great potential in this technology. So many wonderful things can be done with this technology. I just need to do many more research to understand AR better.
When I first watched the National Geographic's AR's campaign, I've thought that wouldn't it be more amazing if we were able to feel the actual "texture" or feeling while touching the animals.
Here's National Geographic's AR :
So I searched up on feeling and texturing for AR and I found something known as "Haptics and Tactile Feedbacks". More can be read from : http://augmentedstories.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/haptics/
According to Helen Papagiannis (from the blog augmentedstories.wordpress.com), while she was wearing a Head Mounted Display (HMD) and using a Phantom Stylus (shapes like a pen) she was able to touch and feel the virtual object in front of her.
Senseg is a company that created touch technology (http://senseg.com/) where touch screens become like "Feel screens".
Users will be able to feel the texture on their smartphones, tablets, and other touch interfaces simply by touching the screens.
I feel that by combining this with AR, we'll be able to enhance learning experience by including the technology into school textbooks and so forth, people with disability such as blind, or deaf can use this technology to help them communicate. Even in the advertising world, such as clothing line, users can try on clothes virtually and feel the fabric before purchasing the product.
