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OpenCV with Python By Example

By : Prateek Joshi
Book Image

OpenCV with Python By Example

By: Prateek Joshi

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
OpenCV with Python By Example
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

What is the premise of augmented reality?


Before we jump into all the fun stuff, let's understand what augmented reality means. You would have probably seen the term "augmented reality" being used in a variety of contexts. So, we should understand the premise of augmented reality before we start discussing the implementation details. Augmented Reality refers to the superposition of computer-generated input such as imagery, sounds, graphics, and text on top of the real world.

Augmented reality tries to blur the line between what's real and what's computer-generated by seamlessly merging the information and enhancing what we see and feel. It is actually closely related to a concept called mediated reality where a computer modifies our view of the reality. As a result of this, the technology works by enhancing our current perception of reality. Now the challenge here is to make it look seamless to the user. It's easy to just overlay something on top of the input video, but we need to make it...