“Intelligent” Stamps and the Maturation of Augmented Reality

Last week, The Royal Mail (the national postal service of the United Kingdom) introduced what it called an “intelligent stamp” that displays a video using augmented reality when it is scanned with a smartphone. Stamps are a heartwarming, sentimental collectors item that often memorialize historic people, things and events. This campaign - part of the Royal Mail’s “Great British Railways” series …

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