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Augmented Reality Tattoo App Helps You Think Before You Ink

Ink Hunter uses your phone's camera and augmented reality technology to show you what a tattoo would look like on your body.
Posted at 4:10 PM, Apr 16, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-16 16:10:00-04

If you get a tattoo, you're pretty much stuck with it for life, so you want to be absolutely sure about getting inked before you do it. So we tested the Ink Hunter app, which uses augmented reality to show you what you'd look like with a tat.

This video includes a clip from Patty Walters / CC BY 3.0.