Provost’s Annual Review celebrates the work of V-SENSE SFI Research Professor of Creative Technologies, Professor Smolic

Professor Aljosa Smolic, the inaugural SFI Research Professor of Creative Technologies in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, is talking about his cutting-edge research and how he and his team are contributing to the next big thing in technology. He explains Augmented Reality (AR) for the lay person: “It’s the integration of virtual and real-world elements. AR enhances your perception of reality through adding computer-generated or extracted sensory input like sound, video, or graphics. Pokémon Go was the first big experience of AR for lots of people and its success is an indicator of how popular this will be. It’s not all entertainment – AR has applications for industrial design, for architecture, navigation, health – you’ll be able to visualise your medical data on your phone.”