Can technology help us improve upon reality?

Or imagine being able to diagnose and treat the diseases of people half way around the world while you remain in your clinic, or walking around a gallery and having your own holographic guide pointing things out to you on your smart glasses.

These are just some of the exciting examples of what “augmented reality” (AR) technology is beginning to offer us.

This clumsy phrase just means overlaying digital information onto the physical world via an electronic device, whether that’s a mobile phone, tablet or smart glasses.

No wonder Microsoft and Magic Leap – backed by Google and Alibaba – prefer to call it “mixed reality”.

In time, it will allow us to interact with a world that is enhanced by multimedia provided by very clever computers – reality, only better.

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