Augmented Reality Apps

Augmented reality is for me one of the most exciting technologies now. I bet most of you have seen at least one Hollywood movie where you see future scenarios and people switching from plans and documents just in the air or you see a real person standing on your phone and talking with you like a projection on the wall. Everybody is dreaming that this gets real and the only thing I can tell you it is getting real now. There are many apps for iPhones or Android on the market. Truly not like in the movies but nearly.

To work with augmented reality on smartphones is really easy. You just have to focus your camera on an object or a person and you get the information about the "scanned" person. You can also play games with augmented reality in that case mostly you have to put a card on the table which is then the playfield for your game.

Augment reality is also the best way to try furniture at home and to test paintings on your walls. In this context I found an interesting article about a Vienna startup company called ViewAR. They developed an app to try furniture for your home. Unfortunately till now just for iOS. In this app you can choose from different catalogues like Butlers or Kare and try out what fits best in your room. This is a real good app for people who don't know what they wanna have in their rooms. As it is most the case the app has some bugs but they refine it all the time. This app is available for iPhone and iPad. And if you wanna have more information about the company and it's app just click on this link ViewAR.

 

How does ViewAR work?

Enclosed I will provide you two interesting links I found during research. On one hand you have the best apps for iPhone and on the other hand the best apps for Android systems.

40 Best Augmented Reality iPhone Apps
Best augmented reality (AR) apps for Android

-MS