Getting Real With Augmented Reality

New technologies that blend digital information with real life will change how cities communicate with the public.

Airports that alert travelers when to leave for a flight to minimize wait time. City maintenance departments that use crowdsourcing to create work orders for road and streetlight repairs. These are two of the countless ways that smart cities can use intelligent infrastructure to make the world a more user-friendly place. And with the help of augmented reality (AR) technologies, it’s all closer than you might think.