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Edmonton could soon be home to at least 1,000 jobs in the growing high-tech world of augmented reality (AR), a leader in the field says.

The city has about 100 people working for companies providing augmented reality systems, which superimpose computer-generated images over real objects, such as the yellow first-down line on TV football coverage, Scope AR co-founder David Nedohin said.

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Scope — which produces AR applications that let non-technical staff create interactive training material and allow experts to help distant workers — is the largest company of its kind in Edmonton and has approximately 25 local employees, which will double this year, he said.

He thinks that kind of growth could happen at other firms across the city in the next few years.

Nedohin was a panellist last week at an Edmonton Data Science discussion of data visualization.

Here’s an edited, condensed interview with the former three-time world curling champion.