The importance of being mobile: some social consequences of wearable augmented reality systems

What are the consequences of mobility for augmented reality? This paper explores some of the issues that I believe will be raised by the development and future commonplace adoption of mobile, wearable, augmented reality systems. These include: social influences on tracking accuracy, the importance of appearance and comfort, an increase in collaborative applications, integration with other devices, and implications for personal privacy.

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