AR app allows iOS users to take Twitter into real world

San Francisco Dec 8 (IANS) A new app called "TweetReality" now allows iOS users to take micro-blogging app Twitter with them into the real world courtesy of augmented reality (AR) technology.

"The AR app based on Apple s ARKit brings tweets search mentions profiles and all your favourite features and displays them neatly on a virtual screen that overlays your iPhone or iPad display " The Next Web reported on Friday.

The app turns an ordinary Twitter feed into a grid of cards that float in a half-sphere ahead of the user. It can be downloaded now from the Apple App Store.

It doesn t feel like it s designed specifically around Twitter according to The Verge.

Twitter is information-dense designed to let the user scroll a high volume of fast-flowing information at a glance.

" TweetReality by contrast is a giant board with a lot of white space. It disrupts Twitter s news-ticker feel - a framework that heavily shapes how people read and write tweets and one of its most unique elements " the report added.

The app is the brainchild of developer Oscar Falmer who created it using Apple s ARKit as a prototype for future AR headset-based apps.

ARKit is a framework that allows the user to create unparalleled augmented reality experiences for the iPhone and iPad.

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