Pros and Cons of AR

In Geroimenko there are many instances of augmented reality. It would seem like it is a good thing and can benefit a lot of different causes. However, something that has been on my mind has been making me doubt augmented reality and wonder if it is truly something good. In this day in age it has become so easy to hide behind technology and allow it to do the work for you. Does this new form of technology allow for people to attack others. It can be beneficial, as the book talks about, it allows for boarders to be eradicated and protests to be heard. Although, does this become a device that could be used against people. Could it become a tool for teenagers to use for bullying or for protesters to use to attack other people. I guess everything can be turned into a negative and having apprehensions about things might be my way of trying to improve the technology. I think this can be a great benefit, especially as I augment this paper. I just don't want the entire world to become something that we augment. Where the world has to be looked at through a phone or an app. The pictures showing the wall street protests look so cluttered and I don't like it. I think taking away the people from the protests makes it less impactful. Having 100s of people standing in a street versus having a 100 augments in phones; the people are more impactful in my opinion. The book also talks about the activist getting caught in real life and how AR helps with that problem, but what about what the activists are advocating. Sometimes it can be for good, but it could also be misleading and could cause problems. The only concern shouldn't be for the activists because they have a personal mission and might not care about repercussions of their augmenting. There is just so much unknown about this new technology, but trying to prevent it isn't going to stop it. Having these discussions and bringing up all these points can maybe help with improving ways to protect people. I do think there are probably more benefits than disadvantages, however not looking at the disadvantages would be silly. I think AR could impact many different areas and not only in activism, but with education as well. It's an exciting technology.