The buzz about Augmented Reality (AR) is building quickly. The technology allows users to view a digital layer of information on top of what is really there. For example, you could wear an AR-enabled headset that allows you to see the street addresses of every building you look at or you could wear an AR headset at the baseball game and see the score and information about the current batter. AR also allows animations and videos to come to life using a webcam. AR has already been applied for use in baseball cards, books, business cars, navigation, zombie games, music videos and even location your car in the parking lot. You can find out more about what augmented reality is here, here and here.
CNN shows some augmented reality in the video below including an example of an iPod application that lets you find the closest fast food restaurant by looking through your iPod. There are also applications that add AR layers for finding banks or determing who received bailout money. CNN also shows you an AR digital pet game you can play with using a webcam. Take a look:
