What technical challenges lie ahead? Occlusion, improved geotracking,

How many digital layers will we be able to build? Will they be public, or owned by the platform?

How will this impact our existing built environment and urban design? From enabling new types of art and creative expression, to redesigning signage, to simply innovating the design process.

What new types of art, experiences, and stories can we create that were not possible before? Digital creations are much less costly to create than physical ones, what does this unlock? New types of public art, sure, but what about new types of shows? What if there was a show you could experience on a street corner, and every week there was a new episode?

What is the importance of shared perspective and experience design among local users? For example, one can imagine the simple act of pointing while communicating: I believe out digital interfaces have to allow us to have enough of a shared physicality such that we can point to communicate.

How will the layers we build on the physical world relate to the idea of the “metaverse”? The physicality of our real world makes for a natural scarcity of space, but there metaverse may connected in some way to the digital layers we build on our real places.

Are there risks of amplifying existing inequities? Especially important once this technology makes a significant impact on public space.

.. and others!