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Aside from disrupting everything from shopping and gaming to healthcare and travel, Augmented Reality is about to shake up the working experience of millions of people around the world.
Combine this with the freedom to do our business from anywhere we choose — thanks to the Cloud and relaxing work policies— and we’re set for a monumental shift in the way we get stuff done.
As someone who works remotely, AR couldn’t come too soon. The Cloud may have offered us the freedom to work from anywhere — home, office, or beach — but it has far from freed us from the shackles of conventional, corporate working life. The working life of your typical remote worker or ‘digital nomad’ is actually not that much different to your average 9–5 office dweller.
This is because even though they’ve managed to escape the many limitations of the rat race — things like fixed working hours, meetings, and a formal dress code—they still haven’t escaped one thing:
The screen.
Just like an office dweller, the workplace of a remote worker is shaped around the limitations and practicalities of desktop computers and rectangular plastic screens. Even the most cutting edge co-working spaces are little more than your standard office with a ping pong table and more beards and flip flops.
