Point… and it will come alive

‘Harry Potter’ mobile app that will make everything interactive.

By CLAIRE BATES
Last updated at 2:20 PM on 19th April 2011

Newspaper pictures that came alive in the fictional world of Harry Potter will soon be a reality thanks to ground-breaking British technology. Software company Autonomy has developed a vision recognition system for smartphones and tablet computers that embeds pictures and videos on top of real-life objects. It takes augmented reality apps one step further from Google Goggles where users can find search information on a building or object after taking a picture of it.

Source: DAILYMAIL

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