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I’ve been going to the Boulder Denver New Tech meetup for about a year now. It’s always interesting and fairly often we get to have an aha moment when some company unveils something they are working on to the group. Last night was one of those times.

Resort Technology Partners presented their RealSki iPhone app which, pending Apple App Store approval, will be available soon to those of us who enjoy the winter downhill sport. RealSki is a augmented reality app which allows a user to take advantage of their video capabilities to scan the landscape of a ski resort to locate runs and landmarks. As I watched a video of the app being demonstrated I just had to say… WOW!

The app will come in two versions. Free with five maps (including Copper Mountain for those of you in CO). Then you can add additional maps for only $0.99 per map. They will test the app for a short time, then plan to have 100% of North American ski destinations available by the end of 2010.

You may be familiar with augmented reality if you’ve seen Urban Spoon’s scope feature or the new Twitter 360‘s visualization capabilities.

It’s not just the coolness of video location, it’s the realization, like the first time I saw my son communicating with a friend during an Xbox 360 game, that you are watching something that is going to change the face of how we communicate forever. It was awesome! Can’t wait to download my copy of RealSki.