Google Maps makes AR feature for walking directions much easier to use

Augmented Reality (AR) is one of those technologies that makes you think we’re living in the future. But apart from a few niche applications, it’s still not used very broadly in our day-to-day lives.

Maybe will change that, but until they become a reality, we can make use of the AR functionality within Google Maps.

Google has been using AR to help pedestrians navigate the city streets by showing directions directly on the feed from your phone’s camera as you’re walking around.

Called Live View, the feature is very handy but somewhat unintuitive to activate. You have to activate ...

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