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We live in a society that is constantly connected to the world of bits and bytes.

Whether it is through our smartphone or other digital device, we are always 'on' - creating, sharing and engaging in a social environment that last year created enough data to fill 75 billion 16GB iPads .

We are sharing so much information and becoming so interconnected with cyberspace that, as a colleague of mine describes it, we are almost part cyborg.

It's not as silly as it sounds. Globally, we upload a days' worth of content on to YouTube every minute and we are spending more time on social networks than ever before. In 2007 we sent 50,000 tweets, last year it was 50 million - and there are currently more mobile phone subscribers than toothbrushes in the world .

As our engagement with technology evolves, so do the things that make us fundamentally human. Personal relationships still remain the foundation of society but now many of these relationships are being built upon ones and zeros rather than handshakes or head nods.

The number of Facebook friends or followers on Twitter we have are the new norms for social and relationship measurement and for the more committed variety, one in five relationships are now started online. In Australia 70 percent of Aussie singles are reportedly searching for a committed relationship online across one of 250 potential dating websites.

As a result, businesses are operating in a new dynamic that requires them to take advantage of the blurring line between technology and real-life. One tactic that falls at the middle of this convergence is augmented reality or AR.

AR is a term for the view of a real-world environment where elements are enhanced by virtual computer-generated imagery or digitisation. It presents a culmination of relevant data being generated, and synthesises that data into real-life scenarios.

One of the best examples of AR is the large screens that the investigators on the TV show CSI interact with - moving around data and graphs in their effort to solve crimes.

Outside of the CSI example, many businesses are already using AR successfully. The Commonwealth Bank uses AR in a real estate app where rich data including past sales history, current property listings and recent sales is mapped on to a real world view through an iPhone's camera . USA Today also used AR for the 2011 Super Bowl, allowing consumers to experience enhanced 3D features and audio in the Dallas Cowboys stadium as an application on their smartphone .

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