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College tours with a virtual twist: Handheld guide holds visitors’ hands

TEMPE, Ariz. — Come fall, tour guides here will have software for brains. It’s not quite a scene from I, Robot, but Arizona State University is providing an alternative to standard tour guides on its 700-acre desert campus: handheld GPS-assisted tours that use satellite-guided technology to help prospective students and their families find their way around.