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'Augmented reality' for phones

TOKYO - THE 'Terminator' had it, US fighter pilots use it and it's the next hot feature on Japanese smartphones - 'augmented reality' which peppers the world around you with useful bits of information. Imagine wearing high-tech glasses and having small, cartoon speech balloon-style tags pop up within your field of vision, overlaying real-world objects and buildings to describe what you're ...

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