Just a few months earlier, Tim Cook said in an interview that he was so excited about augmented reality that he wanted “to yell out and scream.” He name-checked IKEA and cited buying furniture as a ...

Augmented Reality (AR) can be fun technology to play with. The basic premise of AR is to overlay digital content on top of real things using something like a map, a camera, or sometimes the sky.

Imagine spilling a box full of Lego bricks over a table. Now—take a leap with me—don your imaginary augmented reality glasses. The camera in the AR glasses will immediately start cataloging all the ...