Reality in a glass

Like yogurt in a glass jar, reality can also be enriched. This is what is known as augmented reality and in this field the Apps still have a long way to go. Whether with the expected GoogleGlass or, for the more mundane, using our phones either tabletsThere are several essential applications on the market if you want to explore new sensations and enrich what surrounds us.

Although with the arrival of autumn and the cold it is less appealing, there are still moderately mild nights to take advantage of a spectacular App. It is SkyMap and allows us to see from the balcony of the house all the constellations, planets and stars in 3D based on our location.

If what we like is travel but without leaving the planet, Wikitude It is the Wikipedia of augmented reality: Treasure for tourists who want to know everything. All you need to do is focus on the environment you are in and it will quickly provide everything you need to know to get around in a foreign place. It is very similar to Layar that through our mobile will show us the information regarding the objects that the camera focuses on.

Also for travelers, for those who do not speak English WordLens will save you from more than one disappointment. This translator It has the ability to recognize a word and give us its meaning in Spanish, and vice versa.

Already inside, Augment It may be the ultimate App for decorate our house. It allows us to locate any object in three dimensions in a specific space and view it through our mobile device (phone or tablet). It is especially useful for seeing how a painting would look on the wall or a piece of furniture in the living room. It has a database of objects to load.

Finally, for the most curious and for those who want to know everything that happens in the social networks TAT Augmented ID and TwwetAround They are perfect. The first one is able to tell which networks a person is subscribed to just by focusing on their face and the second one shows the main tweets that are carried out in real time near the location where the Smartphone is located.