What Augmented Reality Apps Do You Need?

Oops AR.It’s great to live in an era where we can use our smartphones to toss a giant dinosaur (orsleepy Snorlax ) into our real world.

I grin, but not without reason. When I first had the opportunity to showcase some augmented reality apps as a busy Apple employee, I was amazed at how simple most of them were – not technology as it takes a little wits to get AR to work properly, but execution. You’ve probably seen this if your favorite apps started adding fancy AR hooks that allow you to throw a character, house, car, bat, or whatever into your room, driveway, or toilet.

In other words, AR has opened up a lot of placement opportunities, but what about productivity? Yes, there are some apps that allow you to turn your smartphone into a portable tape measure (bless them), and you can certainly find all sorts of apps that will let you see how a new lamp, footrest or GODMORGON will look in your home. …

What else do you have? How do you regularly use augmented reality? What’s your favorite augmented reality app for iOS or Android? We want to know! (If gaming is the only way to use augmented reality, tell us about that too.)

How to vote in augmented reality Hive Five

Since this is the Hive Five , tell us about your favorite app by posting a comment on this article that looks like this:

Vote: [[BEST APP NAME HERE]]

Why: Here you will briefly explain the reason for your choice. As much as you love your particular app or service, keep the explanation short!

No really, bold vote

When writing a comment, keep all the formatting as in our example . You can copy and paste what we’ve provided, if it’s easier, just make sure you update the Why text. I’ll tally the results in a few days and let you know which AR apps you can’t live without.

Also, please don’t comment in a thread unless you vote, or the whole thread will become a processing nightmare. Thanks!

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