Augmented Reality

Discussion topic: What is your recent AR technology experience? Describe why it is important.

My most recent experience with AR is from watching the Microsoft demo of their new Hololens project at E3. They showed both its practicality and entertainment value but showing common apps that can be 'projected' into your living room, as well as games that can come alive on your own tables.

While the technology is far from invisible, it is one step closer to living in a partially virtual environment. This will open the way for all kinds of new ideas for how to live and how to consider interior design. As AR becomes more ubiquitous and invisible (in the sense of you can't see the hardware, not that you can't see the virtual objects) it will become a regular part of every day life and everyone will be able to customize their spaces to a greater extent and faster than ever.

When AR is commonplace, relevant information for anything will be readily available at a moments notice, and everyone will be surrounded by information they are interested in. Being constantly surrounded by new information can promote learning and accepting of new ideas, and of course potentially overwhelming. AR will have to be always there, but never intrusive or distracting.