What Happened to Reality

I am trying to ignore augmented reality and the metaverse, because I am perfectly happy living my life inside of a bubble.  Those that live in an augmented world, integrate virtual elements into real-world environments and this will only work if the user is able to see the real world as it is right now.  AR manipulates the real-world space that the user sees, altering their perception of reality.  The person living in an augmented reality might be watching a live recording of the real world with virtual elements imposed on top of it.  They may also be walking down the street and it becomes a wild amalgamation of the physical and the virtual worlds, merged so convincingly that the boundaries will disappear in their minds.  These surroundings will become filled with persons, places, objects, and activities that don’t actually exist, and yet they will seem deeply authentic to us. …