At the same time, AR will provide a powerful new tool to understand human perception and cognition.26 The ability to simultaneously control sensory stimuli and record physiological responses such as eye movement and skin conductance in real-world environments could provide unprecedented insights for physicians, psychologists and neuroscientists. Such advances could, for example, enable early disease diagnoses, accelerate rehabilitation of cognitive and neurological disorders and even help optimise everyday behaviours such as eating or sleep patterns.27
Symbiosis between human and machine is the next phase, where complementary and improved working relationships between humans and machines will be strongly fostered. In this scenario, the boundary between physical and digital worlds will become wider and have larger overlaps.