For as long as computers have existed, technologists, designers and engineers have been trying to replicate the real world in a screen. Be it paper, the look of a calculator, the texture of leather, the motion of objects, entire life-like 3D worlds, you name it. The goal has been to have the computer blend into our surroundings.
But one of the interesting side effects of that "replicating the real world" has become a field of its own. Selling the illusion of reality has become more valuable than actually augmenting our reality.
When I see the future of computing, I believe the next computing revolution will be when we stop emulating the world around us, and start augmenting it, i.e. making our every day lives better with or without technological interventions. Does that mean AR glasses? No. Not at all, AR Glasses are merely a single way to augment reality. There are a million other-ways we can do that, without having to have privacy invasive computers. And something also tells me, the next computing revolution will also be around dedicated tools for dedicated tasks; not one general purpose tool for all tasks.
Beginnings of a new blog post.
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