How Pokemon Go used augmented reality, made it to mainstream success

While, the concept, augmented reality existed in the market for quite some time in different forms such as virtual reality, however; breakthrough moment for it only came after the inception of the most popular franchise in the history of gaming world, Pokemon Go.

The recent video shared by BBC gives the viewer a brief, over-all view of the past, the present and the future of this technology.

It starts off by explaining what augmented reality is, exactly.

‘Augmented reality is all about enhancing the real world feel of your surrounding with computer graphics or virtual objects.’

The video concludes by saying, ‘Augmented reality could give us new ways to communicate or play games and the success of Pokemon Go shows it has the potential to offer anyone who wants to make it for mainstream success.’