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Just a line

Just a Line is a smartphone app that lets you draw in augmented reality and then share it with your friends.

Wanna Kicks - Try shoes before you buy

Wanna Kicks uses your phone’s camera to show you want a variety of trainers will look like on your feet.

Smash Tanks!

This game places tiny cartoon tanks into the real world via your phone that then battle it out for victory with explosions,

Lego AR-Studio

Lego AR-Studio lets Lego builders place, move and interact with various virtual Lego sets on a table or workspace.

  • Lego AR-Studio brings Lego bricks to life in a digital world

Google Maps Live View AR navigation

Google Maps Live View uses Google’s Street View to give you the most accurate and useful directions as you go from A to B.

Google search results with AR animals

Google is adding augmented reality in more than one of its apps. One of these is the inclusion of AR animals in search results. 

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Augmented reality furniture

This IKEA app lets you virtually drop furniture into any space in your home to see if it’ll fit.

Augmented reality wallpaper

This decorating app is the answer to your prayers if you’re thinking about changing the colours or patterns on your walls but don’t know what will suit.

Augmented reality art

These are art tours but in the real world with a dose of augmented reality thrown in via an Apple iPhone.

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AR tattoos

Inkhunter is an AR-powered app that lets you see what a tattoo might look like on any part of your body.

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

This game involves exploration, discovery, collection, battling and teamwork, all in the real world.

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Remote assistance

Chalk is an AR app that lets you provide remote assistance to your loved ones. 

World Brush AR art

Another augmented reality experience that allows users to enjoy AR artwork in the real world.

Giphy World

If you can’t get enough of gifs and stickers then you’ll be happy to hear that you can get your fill of even more by using your phone.

Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs

Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs takes all the fun of Angry Birds and uses AR to make it even more magical.

Civilisations AR

This app gives access to over 40 artefacts from various museums and galleries around the world.

Google Live Translate

This can be used to live translate text from a number of languages. It’ll then automatically swap the letters out to your own language to make it readable.

Star Chart

This app seemingly has the ability to display around 120,000 stars and planets all on your phone.

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Spacecraft AR

Spacecraft AR is an app that lets you get up close and personal with virtual 3-D models of NASA’s robotic space explorers.

MeasureKit

MeasureKit allows you to draw and measure in the real world.

‎Quiver

‎Quiver is designed to bring kid’s colouring books to life in interesting ways.

AR Car Locator

An augmented reality app that lets you mark out where you’ve parked so you can find it again later with ease. 

AR Escape room

ARia’s Legacy is an Ar game that lets you play an escape room challenge to escape from your own house.

Night Sky

Night Sky lets you identify stars, planets, constellations, and satellites.