Cosina AR App Lets You Try On Lenses Using Augmented Reality
Here’s an interesting idea: the Japanese company Cosina has released a new augmented reality app that shows you what various lenses look like on your camera.
You’ll need to download the app for your iPhone or iPad, download and print a special augmented reality tag, place the tag over your camera mount, and the app will replace that tag with a virtual lens. Here’s the tag that’s used:
Your camera will look like it has the lens attached when you look at your camera through your smartphone:
You can take snapshots of the augmented reality view and save the images to your Camera Roll. Here are a couple of example shots by Leica Rumors:
Augmented reality is being used to help people try on clothes without actually putting anything on — this new app is like that, except for camera lenses. You can download the app for free over in the iTunes App Store.