Are there augmented reality mobile apps (Android or iPhone) that will allow me to attach voice and text to the stuffs (ex. book, guitar) I have?

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Anonymous · Answer

Layar - Reality Browser with 'Layers' like Trulia/Twitter/SpotCrime
http://www.layar.com/

Wikitude - Wikitude World Browser
http://www.wikitude.com/app/

Junaio from Metaio - AR Browser
http://www.metaio.com/junaio/

Tagwhat - hyperlocal content
http://www.tagwhat.com/

Acrossair - Nearest subway/tube/metro
http://www.acrossair.com/acrossair_app_augmented_reality_nearestsubway_newyork_for_iPhone_3GS.htm

SunSeeker, See Breeze -
Augmented Reality Sun/Wind Visualizer
http://www.ozpda.com/

Word Lens - on-the-fly translations
http://questvisual.com/

ARDefender - Augmented Reality Game
http://www.ardefender.com/

Much more AR apps, are listed here:
http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/best-augmented-reality-iphone-applications/
http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2010/08/ten_best_augmented_reality_apps.html
http://www.t3.com/features-gallery?articleId=14217

Ho-Sheng Hsiao · Answer

Update (2015-03-21): Since writing this, I am more interested in VR and AR. I can see a killer app, but not in the traditional sense. The killer app for VR and AR are exploration of inner spaces, consciousness, and consensus "reality". It is very simple: the experiences you can get with VR and AR will prepare people for therapies based upon psychedelics. People are already hitting the "VR-induced existential crisis", and that was with crappy resolutions and crappy content. It won't even shift people's experience of reality anywhere near meditation practice or psychedelics... but for the mainstream people who won't go anywhere near meditation or psychedelics, it shifts your experience of what you think is "real" just enough that it has freaked people out.

For example, there are VR content that lets you walk through a simulation of a warzone ... and develop empathy for the fallout of war. It's accessible for people who have never been there, have never considered the horrors of war. It might lead people to shifting their opinions on nationalism, patriotism, and fanaticism.

That is the killer app.

It just won't be obvious until sufficient number of people has a personal VR or AR gear because people are looking for a way to monetize this, and the kind of shifts this technology enables brings someone beyond the box called "monetization".

Older answer:

Random stuff off the top of my head -- I have no idea if any of these are "killer apps". Probably because it's not really my itch to scratch:

1. Real-time universal translator. (Microsoft Translates English To Mandarin Speech In Real Time (VIDEO) [ http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/microsoft-translator-english-mandarin-simultaneous.php ])
2. Sensory prosthetics for the blind, deaf, mute, etc.
3. Social mediations, enhancements, networking, etc. Socializing is about advertising (signaling) and connecting. AR will let people signal mutual interests (business, romance, adventure). Kinda like a Facebook/Tweet overlay. (For a preview of what it might be like: observe people around you on how they use social networks on their smartphone).
4. Skillsofts. The driving one in User [ https://www.quora.com/profile/User-221598 ] is an example. Another would be an AR overlay showing you how to cook a gourmet meal or select ingredients. Industrial applications might include looking at large, specialized machineries and "seeing into" it for troubleshooting. Engine maintenance for jet planes and ships. Warehousing / inventory control applications. Troubleshooting robotics. Similar applications for research and lab equipment (for example, AR tags showing which test tubes belong to where when conducting experiments). AR diagnostic displays for doctors, surgeons, and nurses. Etc. etc.
5. Augmented Retail. Big-box retail shops are now transitioning to providing experiences. If you just wanted to find the best product, you'd search Google and order off of Amazon. If you wanted to go experience things, you'd show up at a JC Penny's or Ikea. You wear your glasses, contacts, or whatever.
6. Entertainment. Trent Reznor had said that he had maxed out the envelop of current technologies, but he can probably be persuaded to perform again if everyone in the audience wore a pair of Google Glasses. I can also see tourist shops that lets a group of people experience some exotic place together. Or maybe that'd work better in South Korea, where people will camp out at shops playing MMOs. 
7. I don't have the YouTube link for this anymore: many people are shifting from owning things to having access to things. Netflix instead of a video library. iTunes instead of a CD collection. AR let you redecorate your home without actually buying anything tangible.
8. Security. Security personnels (like TSR employees) wearing AR glasses and picking out metallic objects on people. And other more sinister applications. (And fun consequences, like setting off people's pacemakers or muscle/nerve prosthetics).

Some good sources for this stuff is reading lots of science fiction and cyberpunk. Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, Peter F. Hamilton, Daniel Suarez comes to mind, to name a few. Shadowrun source books are also interesting inspirations. Use your imagination. That's what AR means at its core.

Noman Rehman · Answer

Augmented Reality (AR) is the latest technology that overlays a computer-generated image on a user's view of the real world to provide a whole combined view. Many companies are now coming our with AR features to make the digital world more life-like and engage and urge them to do more than just browse. Here are a few great AR-powered apps:

1. Mirelz [ https://apps.apple.com/in/developer/mirelz-inc/id1175641996 ] a free iOS fashion-based app where people can try out their favorite pieces of jewelry on themselves with the help of a front camera and Augmented reality and seek feedback and discuss ideas with their dear ones through chat options.
2. Myntra [ http://myntra.com ] is a well-known fashion shopping site as we all know. The latest Myntra app is equipped with a unique feature that enables the users to compare their shoe size through the AR and is available under the name of the ‘Shoe Size Finder’ section below ‘Categories’.
3. FyndEasy [ http://www.fyndeasy.com ] is India's first AR-Powered Hyperlocal Discovery app [ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.fyndeasy.android&hl=en ] available for both the mobile operating systems for free. It lets you explore your locality in minutes and find what you need nearby. Their AR-powered map gives helps you discover new places with the help of pinlet and their discovery search engine allows you to view and compare the best deals in the city.
4. Snaappy [ https://snaappy.com/ ] is a popular AR Social Network that allows users to generate stories in a unique way. You can create & share short videos using AR technology and add attractive elements to it choosing from large libraries of 3D objects, 2D images, stickers, etc.
5. Augment [ https://www.augment.com/ ] - 3D Augmented Reality is a mobile app that you visualize 3D models with Augmented Reality, integrated in real-time with their actual size and environment. One can add their own 3D models and custom trackers on their website.

Bryan Griest · Answer

I haven't seen anything specifically like this outside some children's works, and even then not for your chosen media. Scholastic has produced animated versions of books that are meant to be viewed as "cartoons", but are word-for-word presentations of real-world books using the illustrations from the books themselves. Turn on the captioning option (I can't remember the exact terminology used), and you will get your synced-up audio/video experience. These are DVDs meant for commercial players, however, not downloadables designed for mobile devices. In my very limited experience, no TTS software enables word-for-word visualizations/highlighting, but I could be dead wrong there. I'm sorry I can't be of more help!

Steve Baker · Answer

Let’s first be clear on “Virtual Reality”:

VIRTUAL REALITY:

In “virtual reality” you wear some kind of goggles that shut out your view of the real world - and instead display some kind of 3D graphics world. As you move your head around there are sensors in the goggles that the software uses to draw the 3D scene from your perspective as you look around within it. The software can display a subtly different picture to each of your eyes - which (mostly) fools you in to seeing the “virtual” world in three dimensions.

AUGMENTED REALITY:

In “augmented reality”, it’s very similar - but the goggles aren’t opaque. You can still see the real world. The computer graphics are overlaid as an opaque or semi-opaque layer on top of the real world.

So, you could imagine a game, where somewhere in the city there is a hidden treasure. Maybe there are clues to where it is.

You walk around in the real world - everything seems normal - until you find a clue…maybe in the form of a big red arrow seemingly painted onto an office building or something. The office building is real - but the big red arrow is computer graphics.

Not all of augmented reality is done with goggles - sometimes it’s done on the cheap with just a cellphone.

In that case, the designer takes the image from the phone’s camera and displays it at roughly the right size so that it almost looks as if you’re looking at the real world THROUGH the phone’s display. As you move the phone around - it’s like the display has turned into a sheet of clear glass.

Now they can draw graphics over the real world video stream - and it’ll be like there are these invisible things in the world that you can only see by looking through this magic piece of glass.

APPLICATIONS:

Augmented realiity is used in some games - the “Pokemon Go” game being the classic example where Pokemon characters were “hidden” in various real-world locations - and you could go there and find them and see them through the magic “window” of your cellphone.

The system is networked so two or more players can see the same character in the same place - but from different directions.

But there are also serious applications - I’ve seen systems where some person is inspecting an airplane engine - and a computer is showing them which specific places in the engine need to be checked.

So the service tech is wearing the goggles - they can see the real world engine right in front of them - but the computer is overlaying an arrow showing where some voltage should be measured - maybe also displaying the maximum and minumum voltages that should be there.

Here, a circle-clip has to be removed - and the computer shows where the clip is (overlaid on the real world engine) as the part number and the instruction of what to do.

Basically the computer helps out the technician by “augmenting” the reality of their own eyes.

OTHER USES OF THE TERM:

I worked for a company that made a “virtual try on” system for people who were purchasing sunglasses.

They’d go to the company website - make a short video of their face - turning left and right - using their cellphone camera. We’d analyze the video and make a 3D model of the person’s head. We could then render a realistic image of any of hundreds of pairs of sunglasses over the top of the video - and allow you to see yourself wearing them.

The system rendered the glasses themselves along with realistic shadows and reflections of light shining through the translucent parts onto your face.

In this case, there are no goggles involved - it was all happening as if the cellphone screen was a magic mirror that reflects your face as if you were actually wearing the glasses.

Ajay Ram · Answer

Augmented Reality is one of the fastest growing technologies in the world today. It enables you to superimpose a computer-generated image on a user's view of the real world, thus providing a composite view. AR has been incorporated in a number of successful apps. Apps like Pokemon Go and Snapchat have made use of Augmented Reality to create cool and innovative experiences. Ever think about how the social messaging app TaDa Time is made? There are a number of tools have come up with regard to developing AR software.

Vuforia

Vuforia is one of the most popular platforms in the realm of Augmented Re

Vuforia

Vuforia is one of the most popular platforms in the realm of Augmented Reality. The library enables recognition of different kinds of visual objects (a box , cylinder, plane), text and environments recognition, VuMark (a combination of picture and QR-code). Using Vuforia Object Scanner, you can scan and create the object. The recognition process can be implemented using the database (local or cloud storage). The best thing about the app is that it's free and it is simple to use and powerful.

EasyAR

EasyAR is a free and easy to use alternative to Vuforia. Available on Android, iOS, UWP, Windows, Mac and Unity Editor, the latest version of EasyAR(13.1) supports image recognition only. Version 2.0 consists of the following features. Namely;

1. 3D Object Recognition

2. Environment perception

3. Cloud Recognition

4. Smart Glass Solution

5. App Cloud Packaging

Unlike Vuforia, the EasyAR app is also free. To begin your work with EasyAR, you only need to register the account and to generate the plugin’s key of your Bundle ID.

Maxst

Maxt offers different tools for image and environment recognition. The generation of a database is online via Tracking Manager. Maxt enables you to scan 3D objects in the environment. In Unity Editor, Maxt works with a 32-bit version.

The best thing about this library is that it is easy to use and in integration. Further, it is free.

Xzimg

Xzimg provides three products to work with AR-based applications. Namely;

1. They are Augmented Face recognizes and tracks faces with Unity

2. Augmented Vision recognizes and tracks planar images with Unity

3. Magic Face is for face replacement and make-up applications

Xzimg allows the recognition of simple images and black & white markers. Also, Generation of the database is local in the Unity Editor.

NyARToolkit

Currently, on Android and iOS, the NyARToolkit is used for identification and tracking images. It is a simplified version of ARToolKit and uses the same web tool for generating the database as ARToolKit. Although it is free to integrate, the drawback of this library is that it is not available in English.

Live Animations · Answer

We at Live Animations are engaged in the development of marketing campaigns with AR for children's and family brands. On June 7, 2018, together with Little Hippo, we received the Parents Choice Award - a prestigious world award for a series of children's books with augmented reality. Therefore, we illustrate our applications with augmented reality for children, and you make your own opinion :)

HIPPO MAGIC

This is the popular children's fairy tale "Three Little Pigs", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Velvet Rabbit", "Masha and the Three Bears", in which the characters interact with the reader with the

HIPPO MAGIC

This is the popular children's fairy tale "Three Little Pigs", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Velvet Rabbit", "Masha and the Three Bears", in which the characters interact with the reader with the help of augmented reality. The editions were issued with a circulation of 250,000 copies for a large supermarket chain "Walmart". It’s the winner of the Parents Choice Award.

Each book contains more than half of the animated pages (interactive 3D animations) - both the adult, and the little reader can interact with the characters: playing, coloring them in real time, searching for hidden objects, creating music, etc.

Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCZtWY40wE8
WONDERLAND AR

The "Wonderland AR" application - the book "Alice in Wonderland" with illustrations in augmented reality, in which characters interact with readers. The AR-edition was released with a circulation of 275,000 copies and was sold out in record time. For 10 days the number of downloads of the application exceeded 258 000, it entered the top Play Market and Google Play.

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnbLTVfFIKw
LIVE PHOTO

The application “Live Photo” combines notebooks, diaries, puzzles, which interact with help of AR with the user. To date, 51 countries in the world produce products using "Live Photo" application.

Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzecS4blxvg
MY YETI

The "My YETI" application. A marketing solution for ice cream packaging manufacturers. We developed characters who interact with the consumer using AR, featuring a legend and a series of cartoons. Over 25 million units of the product were released with our technology.

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXNrbeFkcc
We are interested in hearing your opinion about our applications with augmented reality.

Vinod Vinayak Bhosale (विनोद विनायक भोसले) · Answer

AR app extends your vision with the help of applications that allows you to visualize 3D object in your surrounding environment.

Just take example of Pokemon Go, there is an AR mode which allows us to see the Pokemon in real world, using camera. the 3D object is positioned in the real world, by sensing the depth using in built camera of the smartphones

There are two types of AR Apps, Apps that require Markers and Markerless apps.

AR with Markers

It is just most widely used type of AR right now, though the only limitation it have is requirement of markers which displays 3D object on top of it.

It is very is to understand how it works,

1. First you open the AR App.
2. Place the marker provided by the App developer.
3. Scan the marker with the AR App camera.
4. 3D model will be shown to you.
The problem you can face with this approach that if you don’t have the marker then you can’t see the app. Though mostly people with such apps carry markers with them.

This is more preferred for the promotion of the company since the user of AR get to have brochure or pamphlet or visiting card of the promoting company.

Marker-less AR

In this approach you don’t require the marker instead you can place your marker on the plane surface by detecting flat surfaces.

It reduces the requirement of marker to show the 3D object, though there are few technologies that are allowing the use of AR without markers.

Previously Pokemon Go is not actually marker-less AR, in that the Pokemons are just superimposed on your camera to give the feel of Marker-less AR. Nowadays due to higher configuration of the phones, PoGo has become much more closer to markerless AR.

Debjit Saha · Answer

If you know how to code or know a mobile developer who can help you, then these are the best tools available in the market as of today:

1. Vuforia SDK - https://developer.vuforia.com/ - Has both free and paid versions. The only limitation with the Free version is that it displays the Vuforia watermark in the camera view area of your app once per day.
    
2. ARToolKit - http://artoolkit.org/ - Open source and Totally free to use

However, if you do not have a developer to help you out, then these are some of the options you have:

1. Daqri
2. Wikitude
3. Aurasma
4. Layar

All the 4 above provide an AR Studio where you can manage you targets and design your augmented reality experience. Obviously, these are not free

Mark Metry · Answer

With the release of iOS 11, Apple introduced ARKit into to all iOS devices. ARKit allows developers to create augmented reality apps.

Several AR apps have been released since the announcement. Many of those apps are useful for everyday tasks. Others are awesome games that are fun to play.

But, there is a lot of noise out there in the AR market and we’re here to sift out the garbage.

We’ve pinned the best AR iOS apps down to the 11 noteworthy augmented reality applications.

Originally posted on vudream.com [ http://www.vudream.com/top-best-11-free-augmented-reality-ar-ios-apps-games-iphone/ ]

1. IKEA Place

IKEA Place lets you virtually ‘place’ IKEA products in your space.

The app includes 3D and true-to-scale models of everything from sofas and armchairs to footstools and coffee tables. IKEA Place gives you an accurate impression of the furniture’s size, design, and functionality in your home [ http://www.vudream.com/ ] so you can stop wondering and start doing.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikea-place/id1279244498?mt=8 ] to download

2. Augment — 3D Augmented Reality

Augment is a mobile app that lets you and your customers visualize your 3D models in Augmented Reality, integrated in real time in their actual size and environment. Augment is the perfect Augmented Reality app to boost your sales and bring your print to life. You can add your own 3D models and custom trackers on Augment Manager.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/augment-3d-augmented-reality/id506463171?mt=8 ] to download

3. Measured by Lowe’s

This fun, simple app measures objects or distances using Augmented Reality. Just pop open the app, place your points and get instant measurements!

With so many objects in the world, there are infinite ways to use [ http://vudream.com/use ]Measured.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/measured-by-lowes/id1277211092?mt=8 ] to download.

4. INKHUNTER Try Tattoo Designs

Try on virtual tattoos with AUGMENTED REALITY before it’s inked forever. The app projects any tattoo design, on any part of your body to let you see how it will look.

– Try on your own tattoo design, choose one from the gallery or search the web.

– Check out your tattoo from different angles!

– It’s super easy to make it look real using the advanced photo editor.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inkhunter-try-tattoo-designs/id991558368?mt=8 ] to download.

5. GIPHY World: AR GIF Stickers

Get ready to fill the world around you with GIFs & stickers in glorious AR powered 3D! GIPHY World is an augmented reality app that lets you communicate in AR. Just add a few GIFs around you and share. You can record a video of your creation to post on the web or even better, share a link to your scene for your friends to explore!

Srsly, go wild. Fill your room with GIF confetti, share a trail of GIFs for a friend to follow, or just draw in the air with dog GIFs – the only limit is your imagination.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/giphy-world-ar-gif-stickers/id1279438563?mt=8 ] to download

6. Surreal AR — Augmented reality

Surreal is an augmented reality app allowing people to experience advanced augmented reality through realistic animated and 3D objects in the real world. The phone camera becomes a portal and tool that allows anyone to augment their world through Surreal. People can customize any surrounding environment into their wildest dreams. expressing themselves in a new mixed reality space, as well as sharing with family, friends and other social outlets.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/surreal-ar-augmented-reality/id1286981298?mt=8 ] to download

7. LEGO AR Studio

Introducing LEGO® AR Studio – a new augmented reality experience from LEGO® – where you can play with digital versions of selected LEGO® sets in your real-world scenes!

Mix digital versions of selected LEGO® sets with your physical LEGO® scenes. Record the action and save movie clips directly to your device [ http://vudream.com/device ].

Experiment, play and let us know what you think about extending your creative play possibilities even further – making your very own scenes and movies with LEGO® AR Studio!

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lego-ar-studio/id1296734986?mt=8 ] to download

8. Zombie Gunship Revenant AR

ZOMBIE GUNSHIP REVENANT is the ultimate augmented reality zombie shooter where you take control of a heavily-armed helicopter gunship and obliterate zombies from the sky.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zombie-gunship-revenant-ar/id1254976492?mt=8 ] to download

9. dARk: Subject One

dARk is a short horror story, set in your own home [ http://www.vudream.com/ ] using augmented reality.

Tear open the rift, and step inside and into a dark, parallel universe.

You are Subject #03; a test subject embarking on a dangerous mission to recover a lost colleague. We want you to explore the unknown world behind the portal entrance, discover clues, and uncover the dark story behind your colleague’s disappearance.

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dark-subject-one/id1312987602?mt=8 ] to download

10. Siege Breakers

From Halfbrick, the creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, comes Siege Breakers! Wreak havoc and watch destruction reign in this catapult-flinging, sheep exploding, castle-crashing experience that will have you demolishing anything and everything in your path!

Blur the line between games and reality by using AR (augmented reality) to spawn a castle anywhere you can think of, then load up your catapults and bring it crashing down!

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/siege-breakers/id1276405526?mt=8 ] to download

11. ARcade Plane

Fly around your room, around the parking spot or playground. Collect stars to fill the fuel tank, pass as many levels as possible. The more levels you pass – the bigger your city is. How many citizens will join you?

Simple one-touch gameplay in AR environment gives tons of fun! Unlock all the planes, collect income directly from your city and become the greatest flying mayor in the world!

Click here [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arcade-plane/id1288528129?mt=8 ] to download

Rakesh Bisht · Answer

“YES, it is possible to fuse the art of tattoo with the modern mobile app development. But all you need to do is to connect with the right experts!”

The more you think about the art of tattoo making, the more you are attracted to its spell-bounding beauty. The fact that people want to print a part of their personality or their culture on the body is sufficient to explain their love for this art. If someone wants to display and express their love, affection, dedication, and support towards a person, thing or belief, then it is life-altering.

“Getting inked is an ancient art of expressing your side of the story.”

Read More: Unifying The Ancient Art Of Tattoo With Mobile App Development [ http://magic-traffic-booster.com/unifying-the-ancient-art-of-tattoo-with-mobile-app-development/ ]

Anonymous · Answer

The Word Lens app is incredibly cool. Point your phone camera at some text in Spanish e.g. a sign, poster and have it translated instantly into English.

Anonymous · Answer

Here is a good overview:

http://www.verious.com/augmented-reality/

Some AR solutions with SDKs are:

* Metaio [1]

* Vuforia by Qualcomm  [2]

* Satch by Total Immersion [3]
 * Obvious Engine by Harmonypark [4]
 * Layar Player by Layar [5]
 * Wikitude [6]

[1] Augmented Reality Products & Solutions [ http://www.metaio.com/products/sdk/ ]
[2] http://www.qualcomm.com/solutions/augmented-reality
[3] http://www.t-immersion.com/blog/2012-12-15/kddi-and-total-immersion-satch-sdk-mobile-ar
[4] Obvious Engine [ http://obviousengine.com/ ]
[5] Layar Player - Layar [ http://www.layar.com/player/ ]
[6] http://www.wikitude.com/developer/sdk

John Gwinner · Answer

Second, let’s figure out what you mean by Virtual Reality headset. (Head Mounted Display).

But first, the good news; you don’t need a headset. Most AR apps you just ‘point’ the phone at the object that’s being augmented, and the AR displays on the screen directly. Like Pokemon Go, but better.

To find these apps, you’d just search for AR or Augmented reality on the Google play store. I checked, and the blasted Google search algorithms assume we’re idiots, so if you search for Augmented Reality Headset you get hits, but the first five or ten I checked were just for phone based AR - no headset (they didn’t even include the world Headset, or VR, without Augmented Reality.[code ]%3Crant%3E[/code] Google (company) [ https://www.quora.com/topic/Google-company-5 ] , we’re looking at you, sometimes we DO know what we are searching for and you really need to pay attention, not make it so loose that we get something; that’s not productive. [code ]%3C/rant%3E [/code]Google does an “OR” search and we need “AND” searches.

So, frustration aside, let’s talk about actual HMD’s that do AR.

HMD’s typically are immersive, which means you can’t use them for Augmented Reality. They enclose your eyes, and frequently don’t have the camera exposed.

Putting a display right in front of you might be a little weird, as what the camera sees is not really what your eyes see. For one thing, I don’t know of an Android phone that has dual front facing cameras, so you’re not going to get stereoscopic depth perception anymore; also, the field of view of the phone is way different from our eyes (to be fair, VR HMD’s also have a field of view that is less than most eyes, but most of them are workable).

There are HMD’s that are used for AR, but they have specialized optics. For example, the hololens by Microsoft. It lets you see the real world with your eyes, and the virtual is overlayed. This presents a wrinkle; the virtual can’t completely block reality, so the images look like a hologram. The other thing to note, is that it’s a whole stand alone computer, so there’s no need for your android phone.

Tom’s hardware has a great list; none of them need your phone, so it’s not really applicable. Augmented Reality Glasses: What You Can Buy Now (or Soon) [ https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-ar-glasses,review-2804.html ]

I did find something like this for your phone, called the Amazon.com: Docooler AR Headset Box Glasses 3D Holographic Hologram Display Holographic Projector for Smart Phones with 4.2-5.7in Virtual Handle: Industrial & Scientific [ https://www.amazon.com/Docooler-Holographic-Hologram-Projector-4-2-5-7in/dp/B074NYZZS9 ]

I also found this:

Amazon.com: HoloKit: Cardboard-like Augmented / Mixed Reality Headset For Everyone. Compatible with iPhone and Android via ARKit, ARCore, Tango.: Home Audio & Theater [ https://www.amazon.com/HoloKit-Cardboard-like-Augmented-Everyone-Compatible/dp/B075FB1ZVX/ ]

If you thought regular HMD’s like the Vive were klunky, take a look at these things! It’s complicated by the need to show the real world thorugh glass, and still have the phone close to your eyes. I don’t think you’re going to get a great experience from it, but it’s certainly going to work.

Finding apps for these devices may be tough. You need something that doesn’t do a camera pass through, but does show the AR elements.

There’s a really great company making an HMD for the iPhone; it looks almost exactly like a Hololens, but includes the iPhone and a controller. It’s great hardware. It is called the Mira Prism. Mira Prism - Smartphone Powered AR Headset [ https://www.mirareality.com/ ] However, they don’t have an Android version out yet, partly as the optics require a precise phone, so it would be something like “Samsung S8 only” but hey, the Gear VR works that way, so I’m hoping.

VR is a little easier, as there are plenty of VR apps on Google Play or in the Oculus Store on Gear VR. (I assume Google Daydream has an integrated store also), as well as the link that Robert gave.

Blake Senftner · Answer

I want an “infinite resolution code editor”. I write complex software, where my current project has 100 actively edited source files, not counting the libraries, trivial framework glue, and then the build/makefiles. I’ve seen attempts at a AR/VR code editor, and I think the idea holds promise. Somewhere in the hierarchical organization of source files floating in 3-space, with eye tracking support for transparent zoom and focus on document fragments, perhaps some free-form floating view windows into multiple fragments of code, enabling the logic and code-path through multiple routines and files to be mapped, visualized, and perhaps even step-wise executed.

Basically, remake the software developer’s interface, taking advantage of the aspects of AR/VR enabling a more fluid, dynamic view of source code, and then do the same for debugging executing code. Make something that would put the computer interfaces depicted in Minority Report to shame. Please.

Anonymous · Answer

I recently discovered PNC [ https://www.quora.com/topic/PNC-Financial-Services-company ] Finder which is a standalone app for finding nearby ATMs. It is available for Android and iOS and works pretty well -- if you actually need it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYj1S_4-P0

The AR type view is a little hokey because it has a hard time giving you feedback on how far away the ATMs are, but it looks cool. Also people probably think you are filming them when you hold you phone up at that angle.

Significantly better is the compass-like view. The circles tell you how far away the ATMs are and tapping on the points tells you what kind of ATM it is, Lobby, Bank, outdoors.

I was just in New York and got a chance to use this app in less familiar territory and was amazed with how many PNC's there were and how the app actually made them significantly easier to find. Just don't walk into people.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pnc-finder/id474763805?mt=8 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pnc.ecommerce.mobile.finder

Rakshit Kothari · Answer

1. The ability to interact with my constructs on a real time basis, without any content jitter due to inaccurate head pose estimation.
2. The ability to interface with real objects and importing them as constructs.
3. The ability to render black (lol, that’s not happening anytime soon) and to use that in enhancing visual input for vision impaired folks.
4. The ability to write on any surface and have it projected whenever I wish for it (relatively easy to implement).
5. The ability to augment a mirror reflection with various outfits, hairstyles, makeup etc.

Konica Singh · Answer

There are many augmented reality apps available on the Internet. Some are available for kids as well. Happy Snap [ https://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/02/android-2/android-augmented-reality-treasure-hunt-app-kids.html ] is the Android app specially designed for children. In this app, you get prompted to find objects around you which can be indoor and outside as well.

By playing with augmented reality app, children will take more interest in activities.

Vidushi Gupta · Answer

Augmented reality is a disruptive technology which when leveraged properly can help us to succeed in different spheres, from education to fashion industry to entertainment.

We at @PsiBorg Technologies Private Limited [ https://www.quora.com/topic/PsiBorg-Technologies-Private-Limited ] develop such an immersive experience in various spheres.

The above video is an example of work we do in mobile AR.

This is one of our products developed for interior decoraters.

Get in touch to experience it more.

Ganesh Garad · Answer

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