Drawing inspiration from Robocop, Minority Report and other future-facing science fiction, this video presents an interesting look at what our daily lives could become once our reality is fully augmented.
Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.
Exciting, or worrying?
Those that know us will have noted that our iPhones are never far from our hands. Yet none of us are using any augmented reality applications at the moment. This is partly because Apple is “protecting the user experience” as our resident Apple evangelist might put it, but primarily because the applications just aren’t that useful.
Beyond the initial social currency of showing your friends how cool your phone is when at the pub (Exhibit A: Gun App), applications only gain traction if they have some meaningful benefit. So while Layer has the potential to enhance our travels, do people really want to play Rock, Paper, Scissors with their t-shirt? While the ever real threat of walking into a lamp-post is preventing us from attempting to type n walk.
If we are able to get accustomed to the even greater level of sensory overload, there is the potential for augmented reality to improve our lives, rather than offer an annoying distraction.
But having to wait for the kettle to boil? Surely something can be done about that.
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