A fan plays AR game Pokémon Go on the mobile phone on a street in Tokyo, Japan. [Photo/Xinhua]

Augmented reality (AR) has caught the eyeball again as the AR game Pokémon GO becomes hot globally.

AR can be applied in simulation training, games, TV live broadcasting, driving navigation and tourism exhibition, said Chen Guo, analyst with brokerage house Changjiang Securities.

According to Kuang Wenbo, professor with Renmin University of China, high prices are one of the major factors constraining the application of AR, a concept that was put forward more than two decades ago.

Besides, a series of technological factors also hinder the wider application of AR, such as lack of universal operating system and technical standards, the poor performance of camera sensors and network latency.

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