What’s augmented reality? Pure Awesomesauce

Word around the net is that it’ll be coming out in the next update (3.1) for the iPhone so you’ll be seeing a lot of apps that’ll be using it for very varied reasons.

Here’s a little preview if you don’t know what augmented reality is.

Amazing, right? To play something like this, all you’d have to do is print out a paper with that picture on it and set the paper on a table. Now, think. What if developers made an app to change your outfit in a mirror, or changed your wallpaper in your room and put in new drapes. What if developers made an app for museums that would recognize pictures on a wall and put in a virtual sign next to each where you could read even more about the paintings. They could even include a link to Wikipedia and such. There’s just so many ways this can be utilized and it’s really nice to see this being added.

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