Every analysis I've seen about the Mars settlement problem follows from the idea that we need to adapt the Martian environment to our needs. Perhaps it is ourselves that need to adapt. Synthetic bodies may be a better long term solution; isolate our nervous system in a compact support module, and connect it via neural interface to xeno-fit bodies.
The elites mentioned would just use ML to war game and hone tactics, and no one has experience fighting with (or defending against) this type of mechanized warfare.
For me it's simply that I think MR is a better description, but I recognize that AR hasn't been replaced as the preferred term yet, so I include them both. Augmenting our experience of reality is certainly part of the use case, but Mixed seems to capture the overall paradigm change more accurately.
It's not difficult to see that AR/MR/VR will alter our current conception of IoT; imagine the functionality that can be layered onto objects/devices with MR alone. The nature of IoT as embedded robotic systems will become much more apparent, and spacial rendering, and other potential bandwidth intensive sensing capabilities, will push higher upload bandwidth need.
Thanks for the reply, even though I was hoping it wasn't basically hearsay and speculation (which it unfortunately is). Abovitz has repeatedly said that they absolutely want their tech to be safe enough for kids to use, so perhaps the safety concerns are not based on facts? Magic Leap apparently has active occlusion, and can run the spectrum from VR to AR/MR; pretty sure that makes it the potential leader, not an also-ran. I guess we'll see soon enough. Exciting times.
Bigger screen allows me to sketch more easily on my iPhone 6 plus, and use iA Writer in a more satisfying way. Just two examples of what a bigger screen achieves (for me). A smartwatch coupled with this will perhaps fill the one-handed (and voice activated) use case rather well.
From what I've read, the main feature is a low power, always on, sensor array. My guess is that this phone will break new ground with comprehensive and novel Google Now integration, and push further towards the goal of a device that actively assists its user. Think of it as a robotic system that is integrated into the growing AI/expert system service that is Google.