AR, VR, AC, MTV, VCR, VHS, DVD... Wait, just the first 2?

Hey guys! Sorry it has been a while since I discussed a topic here on this page, but I am here now. So, recently I have found myself thinking a lot about augmented reality, the art of merging VR and real life. Pokemon, Occulus and other things of the like have put me in the mood to discuss this topic at length. AR could be our future. Do me a favor. Look around the room and really think about what actually needs to exist physically. As it turns out, not much, not even the people necessarily need to be there. Imagine, instead of a $20 chess set and a several thousand dollar TV, you buy them in the app store for a few dollars and use them anywhere, any time, at any size. Imagine being in the same room as a person across the globe, for a game of chess, a conference, or just a conversation. Imagine a world, where we can all be together, social, and having a good time. That is the issue with our current technological age. People are losing ability to communicate. Society is undergoing a paradigm shift. We can let it go as is, and evolve society to be fat, language-less creatures that communicate by typing on cold, non-personal computers. There is another way. We can push the shift to utilize AR and regain our humanity, get the brightest minds together to kill disease, and even truly play Pokemon in real life.
There are also many concerns behind AR as well, but I feel they lack ground. People are concerned that this will put many people out of work, having their service or product become purely digital. It will, but without AR, this shift away from the necessity of those jobs will happen anyway. In every paradigm shift, people lose their lives work. Between cave men and early civilization, people had to abandon hunting and gathering, and learn to farm. They then had to learn to build. The list goes on and on. Every time society changes, people have to adapt. Some more than others. This world is changing either way, it may as well be for the better. Some are concerned that this will cause too great a reliance on electricity, and make power plants a main target for terrorists, making it easy to take out a country. Yes and no. This, again would happen anyway if we let the shift go as is. However, incorporating AR will allow the best minds to come together to create new, hyper-efficient renewable energy sources. It will also allow us to all become closer together, a little bit of kindness and realization of ones own humanity will make it easier to avoid people becoming violent extremists, and could even prevent wars. People are also concerned that it will end the age of good, hard work. That age is already over. I value hard work in all forms, physical and mental, and feel that AR will make it easier for us select few, who, in addition to efficiency and enjoyment, crave a challenge, to keep that ideal alive.
We could advance all areas of science.Medicines to extend life, cold fusion in a jar, and hyperspacial travel are all very real possibilities that can now become a reality in our lifetimes, if only the right people could come together. Finally, not enjoying your first date? Hit end AR call and you are gone. See ya and allons-y.