Augmented Reality

The overlaying of digital information onto the physical world. In Kyle’s wiki it appears as the endgame Perell sketches in What You Don’t Know About The Headphone Jack: by removing the headphone jack and pushing Airpods, Apple is “laying the groundwork for Iron-Man-style augmented reality” — a voice-first world where the digital and analog merge and we use our voices more and phones less.

Context: Augmented reality (AR) overlays computer-generated content onto a user’s view of the real world, distinct from virtual reality, which replaces it entirely.

Where this appears

• What You Don’t Know About The Headphone Jack — AR framed as the long-term destination the AirPods and a voice-first interface set up.