What is the Digital Binocular Station?
The Digital Binocular Station (DBS) is based on a traditional binocular station, but adds a layer of digital content between the user and their view of the real world. The users view of the world is augmented with digital content, which can appear to be anchored to the real world so that as the binocular station is rotated, both the real world and the digital content move as one. Common names for this concept are Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality. Digital content that can be used includes video, still images, audio and text. The Digital Binocular Station is most effective when the digital content has meaningful ties to an interesting real location. Therefore, choosing the right location in which to install the Digital Binocular Station is important. applications How Does the Digital Binocular Station Work? The Digital Binocular Station has a number of components in common with many traditional binocular stations: • A central pole supporting the viewing head. This also houses a p
