# Time-Traveling Tourism iTacitus' Augmented Reality Turns Phones Into Time Machines By Alejandro Bonilla Moreno | Published 2009-08-23 | World Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/itacitus References: [itacitus.org](http://itacitus.org/) The iTacitus project is one being carried out in the European Union that essentially uses augmented reality to create mobile phone time machines that show a given location as it appeared centuries ago. The iTacitus program's augmented reality recovers [historic photographs and videos](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thennow), allowing [mobile phone users](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/immersity-app) to simultaneously visit any given site in the past and the present. **Implications** - Consumers want the technological devices that they buy and love to offer them more ways to interact with the world around them. By embracing this fundamental desire, innovative companies can make their product irresistible even in a market that is literally saturated with the multitude of flashy products that their competitors are peddling. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.2/10 - Popularity: 56% | Activity: 92% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [World](https://www.trendhunter.com/world) > [Travel](https://www.trendhunter.com/travel) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Augmented Reality Tourism:** Creating immersive experiences for tourists by integrating augmented reality technology with historical locations. - **Mobile Phone Time Machines:** Developing mobile applications that allow users to visualize the past and present of a specific location through augmented reality. - **Interactive Historical Experiences:** Providing users with the opportunity to engage with history through augmented reality and storytelling. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Tourism:** Incorporating augmented reality technology to enhance tourist experiences and attract more visitors. - **Mobile App Development:** Building applications that utilize augmented reality to create interactive and educational experiences for users. - **Digital Content Creation:** Producing historic photographs and videos for augmented reality platforms to recreate the past and engage users. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Time-Altering Digital Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/time-machine-feature.md) - [Location-Based Historical Audios](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/histories-app.md) - [AI Travel History Guides](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-tripper.md) - [Historic AR Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/historic-ar-experience.md) - [Audio Guide Tourism Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/audio-guide.md) - [Enlightening Travel Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/herodot-ai.md) - [Gamified Travel Companions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/countryquest.md) - [Travel-Inspired VR Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/othersight.md) - [Historical Photographic Maps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/historical-street-view.md)