Useful Augmented Reality

I’ve been a boring sceptic when it comes to agumented reality applications – they require several steps to set up and transcend digital-physical boundaries. From a usability perspective, the threshold is quite high. On top of that they’re generally completely useless, little else than a demonstration of technology to glean some light from hype.

However, US Postal Services have managed to come up with an application apart. It helps you select what box to use for shipping, without entering any information about what you’re shipping. It’s still imbued with the basic problems of augmented reality, but it most certainly is useful! There’s hope, after all.

[Via ronnestam.com]

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