AR may be built into future iPhones
From Mashable:
How would you like to be able to point your iPhone towards an object – the Eiffel Tower, for example – and instantly see the admission price, working hours, its height and other information
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A patent called ID App does just that; it recognizes an object based on visuals (through the iPhone’s camera), a RFID reader or through GPS, and then fetches the data from related databases…in the beginning it’ll probably just take you to a related Wikipedia page.
Another patent focuses on facial recognition… It could bring you info about a person (scary, I know) just by pointing a camera at him; or it could be used for security, enabling only recognized users to use the device
Do you hear that sound? It’s the Augmented Reality Future knocking on your door…
Someone’s been watching the anime Eden of the East – which is about a bunch of students who do exactly that. Point a phone with a camera at something or someone and get their data from a network. The future is close…
The future isn’t coming Ruth.
Ruth – haven’t seen that anime, will check it out. Thx!
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