That was an insightful comment, thank you. Like a few others in the thread, I was skeptical of AR's practical potential - the demos/apps I've seen so far felt l

That was an insightful comment, thank you. Like a few others in the thread, I was skeptical of AR's practical potential - the demos/apps I've seen so far felt like "a solution in search of a problem" - but your examples and concise summary helped me to imagine the range of possibilities. The ability to "layer contextual information over objects in your field of vision".. I see, that is the crux of it, to further integrate the "real world", the sensory experience of a person, with the global web of information and computing. Great examples you gave of industries that could utilize this, in healthcare, political/social/interpersonal sphere, athletic or intellectual/educational/artistic uses. It conjures a vision of near future where people enhanced with AR - or maybe "augmented senses" - would have distinct advantages over people without access to such layers of contextual information.