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One example is taking shape at Graz University of Technology in Austria. Researchers in the school’s Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision are using UWB for “augmented reality” (AR): a real-world environment enhanced by computer-generated graphics, sounds, and smells. Graz University is using UWB to track AR users in order to update their virtual surroundings as they move about. “Knowing the accurate position and orientation of a mobile user is the key to doing the overlay of virtual information over the real-world video stream properly,” says DI Gerhard Schall, a Graz University researcher.