"Either you're on the bus or you're off the bus.”
~ Ken Kesey


Thanks Boondawg. This is mass transit revenue management and rider admission technology that rocks!

"Welcome aboard DC Metro Bus Line 36, with stops at the Smithsonian, the Trump Hotel and 1600 Black Lives Matter Plaza."

[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 09-13-2020).]

Big Q is what app(s) needed?
Then what permissions requires to run them?

These "neat tricks" often cost you and your privacy one way or the other plus often runs in background eating battery time too.

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Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
(Jurassic Park)

The Ogre's Fiero Cave

quote Washington DC new Metro pass displays the Metro map with augmented reality when you look at it with your phone or smart glasses

A more complete explanation. Same 9-second video clip.
https://9gag.com/gag/aLwX9j6

I guess it's not something that the Washington DC Metro authority had anything to do with. Just an app that a free-lancing "dude" created, using his own Metro card.

There may be less here than "meets the eye."

But it looks "cool."

[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 09-14-2020).]