Augmented Reality Art

Augmented Reality Art uses digital images, animations, sounds and interactive elements to transform the physical world through smartphones, tablets, smart glasses and other connected devices. Unlike virtual reality, augmented reality does not replace the surrounding environment but adds new visual and informational layers to it.

Artists use AR technology to create works that appear inside museums, public spaces, landscapes and domestic environments. These digital interventions may respond to the viewer’s position, movement or actions, allowing physical and virtual space to coexist within the same artistic experience.

Augmented reality has become an important medium for contemporary artists exploring perception, identity, memory, architecture, surveillance and the increasing mediation of everyday life through screens and digital platforms. It can make invisible histories visible, introduce fictional objects into real locations or challenge the authority of museums and monuments.

Because AR artworks often depend on software, devices and external platforms, they also raise questions about accessibility, technological obsolescence, data collection, ownership and the control exercised by technology companies over digital culture.

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