Augmented Reality is a Reality!

I'm basically stealing this story from the dudes at Tested, but I had to make sure this got out there to the two or three of you who check this out.

It's a new app to throw into the augmented reality trend that smart phones are headed in.  It reads Spanish text and then translates it into English seamlessly!  The app is called Word Lens put out by Quest Visual, and you have to see it in action to believe how easily it works.



Right now it's just Spanish to English and vice versa, but get ready for new languages to roll out.  It's just the start of what's to come in the form of augmented reality and our smart phones.

Here's today's Web Waster:

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