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At this year's CES, Qualcomm's got a big show -- but not all of it has to do with bleeding-edge performance and kick-awesome graphics. In fact, the San Diego company has a bit of a family side. It's partnering with Sesame Street to highlight its Vuforia platform, an Augmented Reality-based SDK that gives developers handy tools to make the most out of their apps. The program on display, called Big Bird's Words, is a word recognition tool to help children learn vocabulary.

As you'll see in the video below, Big Bird himself lets the young 'uns choose a word and, using the rear camera, hunt around for it in a real-world environment. If the camera picks up an incorrect word, Big Bird indicates that you need to keep looking. Since this is just one application on the platform, this particular concept could be used for a plethora of different types of apps, such as dictionaries and translation programs.

Gallery: Sesame Street augmented reality application hands-on

Joseph Volpe contributed to this report.

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Slutty nurses are probably the most common one. But costume makers are leaving no domain untouched because you can now dress up as a slutty character from Sesame Street.

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I’m just not sure that parents would approve. Check out the rest of the Slutty Sesame Street costumes in the gallery below to see for yourself. Personally, my favorite happens to be the Big Bird costume. It’s pretty tame compared to the others and except for the footwear, it kind of looks pretty good.