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>I don't think it will change the world

When you have a clear visor that you're looking through that will seamlessly super-impose exactly matched visuals to reality with enriched data... yes it wil change the world.

Follow the calendar of the Mayans; everthing in cycles. Observe these cycles for great benefit!

In this case, industry cycles around new tech will revolve. Certain circles will reach maturity, age and collapse. All circles will repeat an evolving pattern, spiraling out...

This is how technology evolves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMY_JlBfClI

AND

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie-6tcX5jKg#t=15

Think of each end-point of an arm of the spiral as a market leader in that category.

They will evolve, separate, matasticize and cannabalize the other objects in their tech-arm-thread.

We need another visualization of colliding spirals to illustrate this -- but they all start to grow from similar seeds....



When you have a clear visor that you're looking through that will seamlessly super-impose exactly matched visuals to reality with enriched data... yes it wil change the world.

We need hybrid LCD/OLED displays that give us an alpha channel.


> When you have a clear visor that you're looking through that will seamlessly super-impose exactly matched visuals to reality with enriched data

That's augmented reality (google glass), not virtual reality (oculus rift).




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