Reality Guitar is one of the newest augmented reality apps for music lovers with a twist. This Guitar app allows users to view chords, notes and scales right on their fret board or fingerboard using augmented reality.

This augmented reality app allows user to bring their device square and parallel to their fret board and see the notes, scales and chords right on their guitar’s fret board, exactly the way they would play them. This is a great app to allow users to ‘experience the oncoming wave of augmented reality in a real environment’.

Reality Guitar integrates real time video with augmented reality to recognize strings and fret boards as well as to display the chord and scale as if it is being displayed on your own fret board, however, the lighting must be good. Even if this augmented reality app is not pointed at your fret board, Reality Guitar works as awesome reference app with

Four guitar scales in all twelve keys

Over 450 chord shapes

Notes display for Fret board

The following are the features of this augmented reality app:

Swipe left or right or tap to check out the other versions of your selected chord.

Scales shown through animated sequence

Hold finger on screen to alternate between Notes and Finger Display

Major scale diagrams based on CAGED Scale Fret board Patterns

The Root notes are highlighted along with the blues notes

Select Right or Left hand fret board display

It is important to hold your mobile device parallel and square to your fret board so that this augmented reality app can pick up the strings and frets automatically. When focused on your fret board, the back camera works at its best for picking up on the frets and strings. For best results this augmented reality app requires good lighting. The shadows cast by the strings also help it. It is recommended to use the Reality Guitar app for finding the best conditions for scales and chords to be displayed as you focus device on your fret board. It must show at least two frets on the video for finding strings and frets. On 3GS, the graphics are a bit chunky; however, they improve significantly for later models.

The cost of this augmented reality app is $3.99 and its size is 6.2 MB. Reality Guitar is available in English only and it requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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