Nearly as good as a flying skate board

I like technology and I was hoping to have a flying car or by the very least a flying skateboard by the time I was grown up, the idea came from the hit film Back To The Future but alas in December 2009 there is no such invention. At least AR (Augmented Reality) is here to entertain me. AR is described by the fountain of knowledge that is Wikipedia as- a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery - creating a mixed reality. Artificial information about the environment and the objects in it can be stored and retrieved as an information layer on top of the real world view.

This form of technology has been on my radar for sometime and although Youtube has plenty of AR videos (some involve huge fast food restaurants and others involve funky ways of finding the nearest tube station) I have the feel that 2010 is the year when AR will get all grown up and mainstream. I can see a plethora of marketing uses for AR and I am sure some smart digital agencies already have cunning plans for AR in 2010!