If you consider an AR future where the tech is small and integrated into your visual field via something like a contact lense then there are more applications.

If you consider an AR future where the tech is small and integrated into your visual field via something like a contact lense then there are more applications. - Look at items and see metadata around the item itself (or ability to pull that data up, like someone's name) - Interact with objects across the room by looking at them - See things like GPS way points in real space I think an AR like this could solve real problems by merging the information available via the internet and what exists in our real world space, but the tech necessary to do it well isn't here yet (and there are still some unsolved problems: http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/why-you-wont-see-hard-ar-anytime-soon/ http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/why-you-wont-see-hard-...)