As we go further into that future, the glasses and headphones are somehow merged with our own sensory systems so that we don't perceive those as separate from our bodies. A surgical approach would call for embedding something that inputs the appropriate auditory and visual information directly into the brain. However, there may be non invasive approaches possible, that rely on transmitting information in other means. Those would have some advantages, and perhaps some disadvantages as well.
Another interesting question is whether we want to rely on our use of our eyelids as a way to shut out visual information. What if we project visual information directly to the optic nerve or directly to the visual cortex. At some point down the road, we'll be advanced enough to do this sort of thing (either that, or we'll have reverted to prehistoric monkeys, or something in between, I don't know.) If we bypass the eyelids, we'll need to give the operators a virtual eyelid switch to close their eyes and give their brains a chance to catch up.
And so imagine you were hiking up in the High Sierras, and your augmented reality visual input was somehow transmitting into your visual field, and so you saw a ghost image of another group in front of you. A text cloud over the group tells you they hiked this route 2 years before you. So you gesture out with your hand to try to contact any member of that group to get a live connection. A few rings later, a member of that group is now in front of you live, willing to talk with you about that hike you're on, willing to give you advice. They check out the weather systems, and with their expert knowledge route you around a pass to get the best hiking in for the day
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