Gallery: MIT's Reality Editor App Lets You Reprogram the World With Augmented Reality

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    Reality Editor is a new app from MIT's Fluid Interfaces Group that lets you reprogram your devices.
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    The app runs off of a platform called Open Hybrid, which allows a tablet or phone to map a virtual interface directly onto an object using augmented reality.
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    By drawing a line between devices, you can reassign its functionality.
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    The goal is to make interacting with "smart" objects a more physical process.
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    Reality Editor using the phone's camera to virtually map a lamp.
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