Mobile phones get cyborg vision

August 12, 2009 | Source: BBC News

Ubiquitous augmented reality (AR) is coming to some smart phones, providing rich, location-relevant information.

For example, Acrossair’s iPhone app overlays tube-station information on the camera image, using data from the iPhone’s GPS and compass. And Mobilizy’s Wikitude world browser presents users of phones running Google’s Android with information about real world objects submitted by users.