Madcap and Metaio team up for augmented reality documentation — from blog.metaio.com by
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Documentation is a huge industry and with humanity’s continuing pursuit of technology, it’s not slowing down. Instead, documentation methods are growing and diversifying into mediums beyond the traditional paper manual.
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Madcap’s newest update, Madcap Flare 11, has taken documentation even further. By leveraging Metaio’s Augmented Reality technology, Flare is now able to export documentation with Augmented Reality content. In a world of increasingly complex and abstract concepts, Augmented Reality provides much needed simplicity, with intuitive 3D models, live video, and dynamic linking between static printed content and digital information.
A video of Audi’s Augmented Reality Manual, back from August 2013:
From DSC:
Also…what affordances might this present for educators, instructional designers, and the like?