For Newport News Shipbuilding, the technology behind Pokemon Go is so 2011.
Don't panic. Engineers and skilled workers at this secure nuclear shipyard have not morphed into distracted, wandering monster hunters. No one has called for the next aircraft carrier to bear the name USS Pikachu.
But the basic technology that allows smartphone users to find digital characters in the real world has taken on a practical and serious role in shipyard operations.
It is called augmented reality, or AR.
