More cool than practical, Zappar is a newly minted Augmented Reality gaming app for the iPad, iPhone and Android that posits a mission to change the way we understand static imagery and it's non-relationship to gaming. Zappar employs a set of features allowing users to find gaming platforms in all walks of image based life. Take a look:

While we've reported on apps that employ AR for uses of animation, the baby steps into incorporating gaming in a more fleshed out way are being had now. The future for this type of technology sends chills up our spine with excitement. And while this seems cool for the player of the game, something tells me the guy in the T-shirt better be getting a free drink out of the deal.

Note to self: staple shirt to wall. Keep friends happy.

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