As cool as augmented reality can be, the truth of the matter is, there just aren’t yet that many practical applications for the technology. After all, how many rooms in your home do you really have to ...

No tape measure, no problem. An augmented-reality app built for iOS turns your smartphone into a virtual measuring device. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...

From AR-powered rulers to GPS-based land survey tools, these 8 best measuring apps for iPhone and Android let you measure length, height, area, and even perimeters on the go. Accurate, versatile, and ...

You can now add a tape measurer to the list of tools you can keep on your phone. Laanlabs, a small app developer, has created a virtual tape measurer in their new app AR Measure. To measure an object, ...

A new kind of app is surprising and delighting Apple fans and technology pundits — and you can't even download it yet. Apple launched a new set of tools called ARKit earlier this month. The software, ...

Social media strategist Scott Kleinberg joins Bob Sirott to talk about things you can do with your smartphone that you probably didn’t know about. Some functions include scanning documents, ...

Smartphones today can do anything you can imagine, apart from just voice calls and text messages. Amidst the sea of things they can perform, smartphones can also measure the length of any object.