Apple buys German software company Metaio

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Washington : Apple has bought German software company Mataio. Apple bought the augmented-reality software company Metaio to add information or images to real-world scenes when viewed through special headsets or smart phones.

The augmented reality can add hand-drawn sketches, navigational directions, historic video or computer-generated, three-dimensional images to a real world scene. Virtual reality can make viewers feel as if they are immersed in an artificial world.