Augmented reality, not doubt, has a great future. Most of the currently available applications are to explore and know more of new places. Therefore, if you are in your own city I don’t think it is of much use – well if you want to see twitter comments it works.
But you really can’t indulge in the bigger fun of exploring and learning of new places, when you are in the place, because of the seriously expensive data charges. At around Rs. 100 (1.7 euros) per MB it is a non starter. The same reason as to why Google Maps also don’t work.
If you are looking for navigational aids, better to buy some offline map applications.
If you are looking to explore the place, do it before hand and go there – don’t rely on augmented reality to help you.
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