IMAGINE looking out across the central European plains and seeing dinosaurs in their natural habitat. Or looking at the Parthenon in Athens and seeing it in all its original glory. Images like this could become common at tourist spots, thanks to the marriage of coin-operated telescopes with “augmented reality” technology.
This week, computer scientists begin testing an AR viewer that superimposes computer images onto the view seen through a modified telescope. Instead of using the telescope’s optics, the objective end of the telescope is a simple open aperture. A built-in PC projects the AR images onto a transparent display stationed…
