Augmented Reality has been the next big thing for years – and it still isn’t. Instead, it’s been on a permanent low simmer. And while that’s more than has been achieved by 3D TV, folding phones and Quibi, AR needs to come to a boil before it overstays its welcome in the public’s mind. Now what?
Perhaps a combination of Twitter and Foursquare, overlaid on the real world around us would do the trick. Establishing such “social AR” is the goal of Saul Garlick, CEO of AR startup Fabric, which does roughly that via any smartphone. “Users and brands can post their thoughts in an AR thought bubble that people will be able to see within a certain (physical) radius,” he says. “If you want to see what other people are going…
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