Archive | June, 2012



Why Google Goggles May Save Augmented Reality

Google Goggles Changes Augmented RealityThe recent surge of augmented reality apps to hit the iPhone and iPad has slowed somewhat over the past year, with only the odd interesting app surfacing above the myriad of translation tools, photographic utilities and music apps to grace the app store. Until recently, augmented reality, AR for short, was being touted as the next big thing. I was always dubious of this moniker for some key reasons which I will discuss shortly, but my view of AR may well be on the turn due to the new Google Goggles.