The 10 coolest things happening with augmented reality right now

Facebook is eyeing augmented reality.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook was exploring augmented reality at Vanity Fair's New Establishment City Summit this week in San Francisco, TechCrunch reported.

"Yeah," he immediately replied when asked if augmented reality was a possibility, following up that "it's a bit farther out."

Virtual reality's potential has been well-documented thanks to the creation of technology like the Oculus VR headset. But few people are familiar with what augmented reality is and how it is being used.

Augmented reality layers virtual elements on top of the real world, whereas virtual reality completely shuts off the world around you to immerse you in a virtual world. What makes augmented reality so cool is that it inserts virtual, 3D images into your physical space.

Here are 10 awesome augmented reality projects happening right now.