Textually.org: How cellphones will enhance reality

dn17174-1_500.jpg New applications will blend real and virtual worlds on cellphones. New Scientist reports.

quotemarksright.jpg… Instead of completely immersing a person in a virtual environment, augmented or mixed reality involves adding digital features to the world they see around them.

So what are the advantages of augmenting your reality? Simply, the technology allows you to point a phone at an object and see an enhanced version of reality on the screen – whether a mountain labeled with its height, a person tagged with their name, or celestial objects properly labeled in the night sky.quotesmarksleft.jpg

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