Simply snap a photo of the text you don’t understand, and the app will translate the text in your photo in real time. That particular feature is part of the app’s camera mode.

Google Translate isn’t strictly an AR app, but it does have one AR feature that’s incredibly useful for translating text. But fans of the app may want to keep it that way, in order to maintain the feeling of exclusivity. Those who aren’t aware of the app’s existence, or those who don’t regularly use it, may never see the clever messages created by others. WallaMe’s biggest strength also works against it, in a way. Messages can be made private, too, so that only friends using the app can see them, or they can be made public for everyone to discover. The augmented reality aspect really comes into play when you’re in a location that has a hidden message, but it can only be found by using WallaMe and your device’s camera. You can also attach pictures to the areas you’ve chosen, if only to prove you were actually there. When using the app, you can take a picture of a nearby wall, street, or sign, then use the in-app drawing and painting tools to create your own special messages.

WallaMe lets you leave hidden messages in various locations around the world that can only be read by other people using the WallaMe app. Niantic is set to continue updating the game to improve its performance and add new features, so we imagine Pokémon Go will stick around for a good, long while. And of course, hundreds of new Pokémon have been added. So far, the game has received multiple updates, including trading, raids, and player-versus-player battles. Players of the original Ingress, another Niantic creation, will see many similarities between the developer’s two games, right down to the locations marked as Pokéstops and gyms. There aren’t a lot of instructions when you first start, or information regarding game mechanics like the colored rings around wild Pokémon, but thanks to the nature of the internet, figuring out what to do isn’t that tough. For the most part, it works, provided the game hasn’t crashed or frozen. The game uses GPS to mark your location and move your in-game avatar, while your smartphone camera is used to show Pokémon in the real world. It wouldn’t be a list of the best AR apps without mentioning Niantic’s Pokémon Go, a game that quickly captured everyone’s attention and given them a reason to go out into the world, walk around, and catch Pokémon.

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