physical world

There’s a bidirectional relationship underway here; the growth of online goods and services is both the symptom and cause of a disappointing physical world.

Taxis were imperfect, but now the option to reserve one without a phone has been nearly eliminated—and with it the option to move through the physical world without digital mediation.

The wearable tech market appears to be a collection of final-form surveillance devices intended to give the last vestiges of our personal data—meaning, the physical world—to Big Tech conglomerates in Silicon Valley.

Donning AR glasses could interfere with how people socialize in the physical world, making them feel less present, said Jeremy Bailenson, a Stanford University professor who founded the college’s virtual human interaction lab.

While the headset is different from AR glasses, the gadget can display real-time video of a user’s surroundings in the physical world.