Oh dear. First you say, "If you think augmented reality is just a bunch of hype with no usable applications as of yet, think again." Excellent! I've been thinking the same thing, while hoping that I might be proven wrong, so now I'm waiting breathlessly to see just what it is that will me think again! Okay. I've made sure I'm sitting down, and now I'm ready to read your next sentence: "Major toy manufacturer Mattel has just announced a new line of products tied to the upcoming 3-D adventure movie "Avatar" directed by James Cameron." Oh, I get it! The first sentence was *deadpan irony*. Move along, nothing to see here... - Richard Klancer from FriendFeed MT Plugin

@Sarah, my bad! I should read more carefully. I see now that you claimed only that it was "usable", not that it was "useful". Okay, I'm done with slagging the entertainment-industrial complex until the next time I go to a grocery store that's helpfully added TVs to the checkout line. (Perhaps they operate on the theory that I might become suicidally depressed if I'm too long deprived of the social affirmation that comes from being advertised to!) - Richard Klancer from FriendFeed MT Plugin