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Originally Posted by Paul T
...If everyone is walking around like this, human interaction with the physical world is pretty much forever altered in future generations - and I'm not convinced that is a good thing. Maybe I need to experience it. I can see in certain situations it being incredible, and maybe helpful for physically impaired people, but walking around having this on all the time I just can't fathom. Like a heads up display for your face....
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Well thats exactly what it is, a HUD for your face on steroids.
As far as human interaction with the physical world, it won't diminish it but rather enhance it.
It's in the name, Augmented Reality, AR.
We've all been to modern museums where you have the opportunity to use a headset that provides far greater information on an artifact than can be gleaned from looking at it or reading from a placard.
With AR you can tour a city and get in depth interactive experiences far more informational and immersive than simply walking up to a building or historical site and looking at it.
Imagine visiting the Alamo and being able to stand anywhere in or around the structure and watching key moments of the battle take place in real time all around you.
That would be ****ing cool no?