Google is letting select Google Maps users test its innovative AR Mode, which should dramatically improve walking directions.
Lets face facts. Augmented reality has been mostly hype so far, with a lot of fun AR apps but no killer app to speak of.
But that’s about to change with the new AR Mode coming to Google Maps, which was annnounced at Google I/O in May and is now being tested by select Google Maps users.
Credit: The Wall Street Journal According to The Wall Street Journal, which had a chance to try out the feature, Google has chosen a handful of “Local Guides” to give AR directions a spin.
Imagine that you emerge from the subway and you’re waiting for that blue dot to get your sense of orientation.
