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The Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in China is blowing minds, by issuing its letters of acceptance to students with a companion AR app.

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Students first scan a QR code on messaging app WeChat, which prompts the download of NPU's AR app.

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Upon opening the app, students will be able to see overlaid on the letter, a virtual model of the university, including information about its history, and information about its specialty departments in aeronautical, astronautical and marine engineering.

This is the first AR-enabled acceptance letter to be sent out in China -- and the concept also appears to be a world first.

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The NPU added that the AR tech was meant to show off the school's "cutting-edge" technology.

"Although the admission notice is just a piece of a paper, the carefully embedded AR technology serves to show a cutting-edge temperament and a sense of pride," Xie Dan, admissions office deputy director of NPU told state media outlet the People's Daily.

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