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Augmented reality film for Natural History Museum

 The Guardian reports that the Natural History Museum in London has produced a world first for museums globally with its 45 minute augmented reality film, made for school children. The film, titled Who Do You Think You Are? is viewed with a custom-built childproof touchscreen computer, similar to an iPad, and takes kids through the journey [...]

Word Lens: Augmented Reality App Translates Street Signs Instantly

 Word Lens is an augmented-reality, OCR-capable translation app, but that’s a poor description. A better one would be “magic.” World Lens looks at any printed text through the iPhone’s camera, reads it, translates between Spanish and English. That’s pretty impressive already — it does it in real time — but it also matches the color, [...]