Parks and playgrounds are changing.

Instead of just having slides, swings and places to climb and run around, play spaces are also starting to feature QR codes, which can connect users to augmented reality apps.

Deborah Cohen wrote about this. She’s a senior physician researcher at the RAND Corporation, and she joined The Show to talk about the future of playgrounds.

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