Serious question, did the municipal hologram adverts change anyone's perspective on augmented reality futures?

I used to roll my eyes at sci-fi stories where characters lived in digitally overlapped worlds, thinking it was just flashy nonsense. But after a month of those shimmering ads appearing over our park's fountain, I've started to imagine how layered realities could actually feel mundane and integrated.

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the_dakota13d ago

The fountain ads are so convincing, I half-expect a hologram seagull to try and steal my chips. Casey might be onto something with the surveillance angle, but at least the ads are prettier than billboards.

casey_fox13d ago

That "mundane and integrated" shift is just ads prepping us for corporate surveillance.

sarah_ellis7813d ago

Seriously, I used to dismiss ads as just background noise, but calling it surveillance training really reframes it (and not in a good way). Now I can't unsee the creep factor in every targeted promo.