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

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…


4 Responses to “AR may be built into future iPhones”

  1. 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…

  2. The future isn’t coming Ruth.

  3. Ruth - haven’t seen that anime, will check it out. Thx!

  4. […] out in its hyper-techocratic be-connected-in-140-characters-or less. Though not as much as “Augmented Reality”, in which iPhone users can point their phone at things to retrieve data on them. Perhaps it’s […]