The “Terminator” had it, US fighter pilots use it and it’s the next hot feature on Japanese smartphones – “augmented reality” which peppers the world around you with useful bits of information.Imagine wearing high-tech glasses and having small, cartoon speech balloon-style tags pop up within your field of vision, overlaying real-world objects and buildings to describe what you’re looking at.That is essentially what Japan’s two largest cellphone operators are about to offer their millions of customers, except they will use the cameras and screens of smartphones plus vast online databases.To read this AFP report in full, see:
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/japan-mobile-phone-makers-to-roll-out-augmented-reality-2041927.html