U.S. Postal Service app lets you take photos with Peanuts characters in augmented reality

As the holiday season is ramping up, the annual resurgence of Peanuts nostalgia is once again upon us — this time delivered through augmented reality courtesy of the U.S. Post Office

Using the USPS app, users have the ability to take a photo of themselves next to characters like Charlie Brown and Snoopy at real world locations

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If you spot me taking selfies w/ a mailbox, blame the @USPS augmented reality (AR) apppic.twitter.com/3yVKMJdIQc

— David Hogarty (@TheLexiphane) November 19, 2015

In order to take an AR photo, you need to find one of the postal service's 160,000 blue mail collection boxes and fire up the USPS AR app on your smartphone or camera-enabled tablet Read more...

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