So far, augmented reality has been primarily dispatched to control and interact with other humans, but a new system harnesses the technology to allow us to better control and interact with our increasingly useful robot population.

Nowhere does there exist such a disparity in function as there does between the different kids of smartphone apps. They can be used to save your buns from driving too drunk, and now they can be used to shoot people. Of course. Laser tag for our post-laser age, the Xappr or Micro-Zappr Gun can attach to your smartphone and turn any place into a battlefield, at any time.

A science fiction-like world in which we leave our augmented reality (AR) mark on real locations to be found by others was amazingly depicted by novelist Bruce Sterling, and now Stiktu is hoping to make that imagined world a reality.

Imagine being in one of those movie scenes where you have to defuse the ticking time bomb. Now imagine that instead of getting nervous verbal instructions via phone, you actually had a pair of holographic hands guiding yours to a successful solution. This is now a reality.