Augmented Reality Is the Next Frontier for NFTs
Augmented reality (AR) is shaping a new future for online interaction and asset ownership. This technology was a futuristic gimmick in sci-fi movies only a decade ago. However, recent developments see it expand and fuse with other next-generation innovations, such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This merger could irremediably impact our understanding of the digital economy, asset creation, trade, and control.
A new milestone in augmented reality: Functional contact lenses
Thirty years ago, a group of human test subjects volunteered to try something for the first time – they climbed into an exoskeleton, pressed their face to a vision system, and manually interacted with a mixed reality of real and virtual objects. They were testing a prototype augmented reality system at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) that enabled users to engage with virtual objects merged with the real world.