# Reality Augmenter — Powerful projection mapping

> Projection mapping tool for art installations and visual displays. (iPhone/iPad app by George Brown.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reality-augmenter/id1031404103 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [George Brown](https://appshunter.io/developer/1031404102)
- Category: Utilities, Photo & Video
- Price: $5.99
- Rating: 2.70/5 from 10 App Store ratings · 11 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-09-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-01
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reality-augmenter/id1031404103/reviews.md

## What is Reality Augmenter?

The Reality Augmenter is a video/projection mapping app and requires a projector  This app can connect to a projector via a standard video adapter for your device, or wirelessly via an Airplay or Google Cast enabled device.

Key Features
Use camera roll for video, image and slide show texture sources
Import photos and videos from directly from Dropbox
Scrolling text source with font control
Any number of source texture subdivisions
Use any source texture as a mask
Webpages as textures
Airplay enabled for wireless connection
Precise quad geometry editor with pan and zoom
Display and UI decoupled so app acts as remote control

Details
The Reality Augmenter is a tool for projection mapping, a technique to project images onto surfaces without precise alignment of the projector.  The app is ideal for art installations, window displays, visual merchandising, galleries, nightclub visuals, display booths and anything else you can dream up.

The Reality Augmenter uses the projector as a secondary display, while the iOS device is used to configure the display.

Sources Tab
Pick videos and photos and albums from the camera roll, create text or specify webpages to use as sources from the Sources tab. Once created you can edit various aspects of the source depending on it's type.
Sources can be cropped using the crop icon in the top right of any source editor.

Layers Tab
Create layers in the Layers tab, sources can be assigned to and combined in layers, layers are projected.  
The Edit Layer view allows you to select sources as the main layer image (required), and optionally set an overlay and a mask.
When used as a mask, the source image used is converted to black and white, the threshold controls the cut off point of the mask.
You can toggle between layer geometry and layer properties with the switch in the top right.
Edit the geometry to drag and map the four corners of the quad to the surface being mapped.  The secondary display will highlight the quad being edited to help with mapping. You can zoom in and out with the pinch gesture.  At higher zoom levels, corners will snap to the corners of nearby layers.  Once snapped, the the circle around the corner will change to orange, and all snapped corners will move along with your current layer.  To remove a snapped corner, simply hold before dragging the corner away.

Output Tab
The Output tab provides facilities to play and pause the entire project, flip the output of the secondary display, and activate a basic screensaver for when the device will be in use a long time.

Projects Tab
New projects can be accessed, created and deleted here.

The number of photo and videos supported varies between device, and will be affected by size and quality of videos and photos used.

For long periods of use, it's recommended to turn off screen locking and keep the iOS device plugged in to power.  The app has a built in screensaver that can be activated to turn the display off.  As the Reality Augmenter currently runs using Metal, drawing will be suspended if the app enters background.  Notifications also pause output, for long periods of unattended use, you should turn off all notifications.

## Key features

- Projection mapping capabilities
- Camera roll, Dropbox, and webpage texture sources
- Scrolling text with font control
- Precise quad geometry editor
- Remote control functionality
- Layer-based content management

## Recent user reviews (10 of 11)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reality-augmenter/id1031404103/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Crashing

*2025-12-14*

Is easy to use and good results but crashes frequently and that forces me to delete and remap the whole surface

**Developer response:** Hi, sorry to hear that, i just released a new version after many years, it has many bugfixes

### 1/5 — Needs reinstalled after every use

*2025-11-26*

App works great until you close it and need to reopen it. Rebooting phone does nothing to fix problem either. Have to uninstall and reinstall app to use. Which makes it frustrating when you have saved a complex mapping. Please bug fix and ill update review

**Developer response:** Hi, sorry to hear that, i just released a new version after many years, it has many bugfixes

### 1/5 — Wont register my projector

*2025-09-27*

Im connected to my projector via airplay and it does not register a projected, which ultimately makes this unusable to me.

**Developer response:** Hi, sorry to hear that, i just released a new version after many years, it has many bugfixes

### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY DOESNT WORK

*2024-08-04, version 1.21*

Crashes every time you open it

### 1/5 — App fails every time

*2021-10-29*

No longer works like it did please update / fix to allow video files on layers

### 2/5 — Love It, But Crashes Frequently

*2019-11-21*

This app is very easy to use, and produces truly amazing results. But the problem is that it crashes frequently. Upon first run, it usually works fine, but every subsequent run crashes at the same point. The only way to fix this is to re-install the app, and start the entire mapping process from the beginning. If this bug is fixed (at least for iPhone 6), I would happily re-rate this app to five stars, but I cant bring myself to do that until then.

### 1/5 — Disappointed

*2019-07-05, version 1.21*

Very disappointed a lot of good things said about this app , paid for it started having a play and then it crashed and wouldn’t Re open so I deleted and re installed and 5 minutes in crashed again , a refund would be great onto the next app

### 3/5 — App crashes on latest ios.

*2019-05-12*

Are there any updates available for the app? Running 12.2 on iPhone xs max. After installation runs great, i open again and crashes and does not initiate. I like it a lot, just if you can help with the issue. Thank you!

### 3/5 — Crashes on iPad Pro using iOS 12

*2019-01-23*

Really great concept. Wish it worked better

### 4/5 — Finally!

*2018-09-26*

I get that its a work in progress, but I’m using it on my iPad Pro with IOS 12 and its working great for a bit then i cant switch back to the app when it goes out. When it works, its just as easy as some very expensive products I use on my PC. I’m thrilled with its potential. Looking forward to future updates.

## Frequently asked questions about Reality Augmenter

### What is Reality Augmenter used for?

Reality Augmenter is a tool for projection mapping, a technique used to project images onto surfaces. It's ideal for art installations, window displays, galleries, and nightclub visuals.

### How does Reality Augmenter connect to a projector?

It can connect to a projector via a standard video adapter for your device, or wirelessly using Airplay or Google Cast enabled devices.

### What types of content can be used as textures in Reality Augmenter?

You can use videos and images from your camera roll, import photos and videos from Dropbox, create scrolling text, and even use webpages as texture sources.

### Can I edit the geometry of the projection in Reality Augmenter?

Yes, Reality Augmenter features a precise quad geometry editor with pan and zoom capabilities, allowing you to map the four corners of the quad to your desired surface.

### What is the price of Reality Augmenter?

Reality Augmenter is a paid app, priced at $5.99.

### What devices is Reality Augmenter compatible with?

Reality Augmenter is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### What is the age rating for Reality Augmenter?

Reality Augmenter has an age rating of 17+.

### How often is Reality Augmenter updated?

The latest version, 1.22, was last updated on March 3, 2026. The app was initially released on September 26, 2015.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.25 — 2026-06-12

Improvements
- When creating a slideshow, a new view appears allowing you to browse the album first, with a + button added to create the slideshow if it’s the album you want, or you can go back to choose another album

Bug fixes
- Fixed videos sometimes losing a rendering output
- Fixed some potential issues with thumbnail creation and retreival

Significant overhaul of unit and UI testing
- UI Testing is more robust with better handling of permission alerts
- Unit testing coverage extended for key classes
- Unit testing and app reworked to fix issues with shared app state causing inconsistent results

Refactoring
- Breaking up storyboards for clearer workflows and ease future updates and development
- Improved portability and clearer purpose of key classes informed by unit testing
- Trim down shared state code for better unit testing
- Stricter type and nullability checking

### 1.24 — 2026-06-03

Bug fix
- Fix layer texture selection

### 1.23 — 2026-05-26

1.23 brings mostly stability and performance improvements.

Improvements

- Improved sorting for selecting textures for layers. Textures are grouped by source type, and show a graphical representation of the crops to make it easier to choose the correct one.

Bug fixes

- Fixed crash disconnecting external display while on layers view
- Fixed texture not displaying in chop areas view
- Fixed some small potential memory leaks while creating thumbnails
- Improved stability opening and closing projects

Known issues
- After disconnecting the projector, the selected layer is not correctly rendered on the device, can usually be remedied by changing views. Proceeding as a more serious crash has been fixed.

Internal notes

- Moved to scene based lifecycle
- Stricter type and nullability checking
- Use single main managed object context increasing the stability of opening and closing projects

### 1.22 — 2026-03-03

Well it's been a few years since the last update! I've spent some time updating so everything works nicely as before.

What’s new
- Rendering now done with Metal, OpenGL removed from codebase
- Import media via system share panel

Overhauled UI
- All new native icons
- Increased button and cell sizes
- Cleaner interface
- Unified colour system
- Supports system Light/Dark mode 
- Added toggle to control Properties or Geometry editing for layers
- Switched to using native colour picker

Bug fixes
- Fixed display issues for devices with notches and islands
- Improved stability for secondary display connection and disconnection
- Improved stability opening and switching configurations
- Fixed incorrect navigation view stacking
- Loads of little bugs here and there

No longer supported
 - Support for Google Cast removed, SDK no longer allows direct streaming.
 - Built in support for Dropbox removed, use the new Import media ability to use any registered service on device (Including but not limited to Dropbox).
- Coaching marks removed, library used was no longer supported.
- Minimum iOS version is now 15.6;

Internal changes
- Switch to using safer NSURL over NSString for all file paths
- Support secure archiving/unarchiving for the data store
- Stricter type and nullability checking
- Expanded use of constants and enums to avoid typos and ensure consistency
- Updated and hardened unit and UI tests
- Remove unused, duplicated and commented out code
- Consolidated and streamlined repeated code
- Expanded use of stack views to remove complex constraints

New features and updates coming soon!

### 1.21 — 2017-08-15

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Bug fix release.

Added extra error handling and fixed a couple of bugs in the Dropbox functionality.

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