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ARDesktop A three-dimensional desktop interface with controls and widgets utilizing an ARToolKit class library.

Alternate Reality Game (ARG) interactive narrative that utilizes the real world as a platform. It usually involves game elements and multiple media to relay a story that may be affected by a participants actions or ideas.

Augmented Reality the combining of real and virtual information that is interactive in real time and is rendered in 3D.

Augmented ID a tool similar to Recognizr that uses facial recognition to identify the person and associate them with personal information or social networks.

AR-Quake an Augmented Reality extension to the popular desktop game Quake.

Archeoguide a mobile AR system for cultural heritage sites. ...

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