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Augmented reality has potential to reshape our lives
- wccrawford 15y agoOnce they perfect AR (probably via contact lenses or light glasses) I think it will have a massive impact on our lifestyles. Right now, if we have a problem, we can use the internet via cellphone to look up the issue and a solution. Imagine how much more convenient it would be to have that just built into your vision. Imagine virtual PC terminals, wherever you are. Imagine a massive virtual TV in your house... Anywhere in your house. Or on the bus. Or anywhere. I watched an anime (Dennou Coil) that really made me see the possibilities of AR. Once we get to that point, I think there will be massive changes in our society. TVs and PCs for instance. Right now, we think of them as a physical object that displays video, etc. But they don't -need- to be a physical object. (Well, the processor does, but it doesn't have to be where we can see it. Or even in our house.) Your AR glasses would be your tv, phone, radio, internet connection, and more... And they will probably blend together so we don't think of them like that any more.