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Thursday, 17 January 2019

Augmented Reality De-Extinction

Whilst de-extinction is somewhat currently beyond the realms of possibility, augmented reality is, no pun intended, very real. And extraordinarily compelling and believable.

I am utterly convinced that in years to come augmented reality will be as casual as a cell phone, where the ones not using the technology in their everyday lives become the minority. The near-endless possibilities of enhancing lives make it inevitable in my opinion.

So imagine wandering around and a dodo walks by, minding its own business. Or looking up to the sky and seeing a pterodactyl... safe in the knowledge that it's not about to peck your head off. Or like the scenes out of Jurassic Park where there's a big opening in the landscape and there are herds of all manner of long-extinct creatures taking a stroll.

Deliver content via 4dfs and anybody in the local area would have a shared experience too; which only serves to make it more real. Conversely, you could opt out of critters that you just don't like.

It doesn't fix the problem of animals going extinct.

It doesn't bring anything back.

Dammit though, I want to see a woolly rhino casually trotting through the hills, whilst watching the sun go down.

Concept (c) 2019 Let's build a thing

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