Comment by bonoboTP
7 months ago
Yeah but maybe slowly things will require it. Just like restaurants today that only have a QR code but no physical menu, maybe a bunch of stuff will only be virtually present in augmented reality in the future. If you take off the glasses, signposts will be missing, etc. It's hard to imagine now, but maybe it would be hard to tell someone from 50 years ago that entire stores, subway ticket machines, bakeries etc. will be cashless and people will tap their phones to pay, and if you have no phone or card, you're screwed. Or if you have no Android/iOS app, you can't book appointments with certain govt offices etc.
Things that start as optional and convenience only can slowly become essentially mandatory. And then if you are already wearing it, it will push the ads.
> Just like restaurants today that only have a QR code but no physical menu
This is partly a holdover from Covid, and just as while there are a few people walking around with Covid masks on, most people aren't wearing them any more, and there are loads of restaurants that don't rely on QR codes. QR codes do have actual advantages, but also disadvantages, so they will - and have - balance against the market's requirements.