Use It Better: Four Augmented-Reality Apps That Don’t Exist but Should

In my Scientific American column this month, I wrote about the dawn of augmented-reality software: phone apps that overlay informational graphics on a live video view of the world. As you hold the phone in front of you, these apps can show you what crimes were committed near the spot where you’re standing, which subway lines are under your feet, what apartments are for sale in the building in front of you, and so on.

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Use It Better: Four Augmented-Reality Apps That Don’t Exist but Should