DamiLee has created a fantastic video essay exploring how VR/AR technologies may transform our spaces and environments. I've always envisioned these possibilities, but this is the best articulation I've seen of how an augmented future could take shape.
Some key points from the video:
Headsets on public transit will be unsettling as they hide emotions and intentions. Apple's Eyesight feature transmits users' eye expressions to others could help with this.
VR and AR allow multiple subjective spaces within one physical space. People sitting together could have totally different realities.
Stores may use AR to create hyper local experiences that can only exist in that location.
Homes may change dramatically without TVs as the focal point. More modular and movable furniture could arise.
"Filling in the gaps" with AR - overlaying virtual elements between real objects - could increase believability and enrich experiences.
AR could creatively transform overlooked urban areas like alleys and parking lots at low cost.
Thoughtful VR/AR implementation could help democratise shaping environments and empower more people to influence visual fabric of communities.
The ‘wealthy’ can buy spaces with less virtual ads.