Apple has been awarded a new augmented reality patent. The technology is for mobile and other devices which can overly information about objects to which the device is pointed towards. The patent is called Synchronized, interactive augmented reality displays for multifunction devices, it is basically about a technology that captures live video feed, displays it on a device and then overlays information about objects in that feed. The technology can prove to be a major step forward for augmented reality devices (although its description sounds like something that we may have seen before). Perhaps this technology is what Apple is going to use for competing against Google Glass? (more…)
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