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November 17, 2016 10:18 am GMT

iPhone camera might get AR features, report says

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While Apple has been slow to adopt virtual reality in its gadgets (the company has virtually nothing on that front so far), there's a chance that the company might at least jump on the augmented reality bandwagon. 

Business Insider, quoting a person familiar with the matter, says Apple plans to build AR features into the iPhone's camera app. 

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To achieve this, Apple is reportedly working with several AR startups, as well as teams from AR/VR companies Metaio and Flyby Media which it had acquired in 2015 and 2016, respectively. 

In terms of features, this could mean pointing your phone's camera to an object in the real world and have it recognized — a feature that sounds similar to the one offered by AR startup Blippar. Another possible feature would be face recognition and manipulation; similar features can be seen today on Snapchat and Facebook-acquired MasqueradeRead more...

More about Vr, Ar, Augmented Reality, Camera, and Iphone

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