Blippar’s newest AR feature recognizes famous landmarks


Can augmented reality startups stay alive even with Apple and Google creating their own AR platforms for millions of mobile devices? Blippar seems to think so. The London-based startup continues to work on its own AR engine, and it just released a new computer vision feature that it says will tag well-known physical landmarks.

Blippar’s new Landmark Recognition Feature will recognize more than 2,000 landmarks around the world, like well-known bridges, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, and even famous sports arenas. That way, people can point their smartphones at these objects in the real world — or even images of them in 2D photos — and Blippar’s technology is supposed to identify them. It will work both within the Blippar AR app and as a...

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