How to Use augmented in a Sentence

augmented

adjective
  • Facebook brought amazing augmented reality tech to the table and the more fun that fans have and the more they dance, the more the effect reacts to them.
    Andy Gensler, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2017
  • While hype for Pokemon Go has died down a bit — hordes of players no longer roam streets and parks at all hours of the day — the augmented reality app is still quite popular.
    Ben Meyerson, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2017
  • The iPhone already supports augmented reality with games like Pokémon Go.
    Brian X. Chen, Farhad Manjoo and Vindu Goel, New York Times, 6 June 2017
  • Augmented reality and virtual reality have become mainstream now that consumers can buy their own goggles for less than $20 at Walmart and Target.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
  • At the core of augmented reality and self-driving cars is artificial intelligence.
    Mark Gurman, The Seattle Times, 28 May 2017
  • The mural includes elements of augmented reality using an app called Geogram.
    Kayla O'Brien, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 June 2017
  • Augmented reality also has promise for everything from fixing things in space to helping firefighters.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2017
  • In augmented reality, developers can place a data overly into a user's view.
    Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
  • Zuckerberg has for years talked about expanding the popularity of augmented and virtual reality.
    NBC News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Augmented reality and holographic vision has plenty of applications from working with disabilities to working on the space station.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2017
  • Virtual reality immerses users in an artificial world and is being pushed most actively for gaming, while augmented reality overlays images on the real world.
    Dina Bass, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017
  • Bigger disagreements will center on questions of privacy and identity, said Timoni West, vice president of augmented and virtual reality at Unity Technologies, which builds an engine for video game worlds.
    Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Augmented reality overlays computer generated information and images on top of real world pictures and videos.
    Queenie Wong, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2017
  • Blind bags, virtual and augmented reality interfaces, robots, coding, DIY kits, updated classics and our favorite – female-empowerment toys.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Meanwhile, Apple’s rivals have been rolling out new products in other promising fields such as augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
    Michael Liedtke, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2017

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