Where is the future taking us?

Like many of you I listen to podcasts on a very regular basis. To be honest I think it has come down to almost a daily basis. I have come to realize that while I am walking that I am able to think about what is being talked about, and it also gives me the time to ponder the information that is being given.
Today I listened to episode 752 from Tips from the Top Floor with Chris Marquardt. Chris is based out of Germany and is known as the man that has maintained the worlds longest running podcast.  Here is the link to the episode that I listened too, Augmented Photography. During the first half if the episode he discusses an interesting thought process of where the future of photography is going due to Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality.

Sounds strange that he brings out three different types of reality doesn't it? To be honest I really only was aware of one. I did not know that other terms were coined at this point in time. The first, virtual reality, is exactly what you think it is. What we are all use to it as being explained as. The removal of yourself from reality and being placed into a virtual world that may or may not have resemblance of the real world. The second is the Augmented Reality. This as Chris stated is like Pokemon Go. Chris explains it as an over lay of virtual reality on to the world of reality. Finally there is the mixed reality is another form of over lay, however I will admit from his explanation I was a bit confused.

Chris through out the course of the podcast sounds excited about what this kind of technology can potentially do for the world of photography. I can to an extent understand his enthusiasm but at the same time I wonder, what is something like this going to do to the world of photography?

For example I love the idea of being able to potentially place a photo into Lightroom someday, and than project it onto a wall, screen, what have you, and than literally virtually walk into the photo and edit it, move the pixels, adjust them as I see fit and such, however this is something that I see as being a long way off. The question is how far off? I did a quick Google search and I found this cute article which at the time was only nine hours old Apple Glasses.

So maybe this is something that is not to far in the distant future. But as I said, what does that do to, or what can it do to the camera industry? What will it do to photographers? If this kind of technology becomes as easy to use as Apple and others are leading it out to be, then where is that going to leave photographer, or the need for the photographer? Will there be a need for DSLR's anymore? Or will we all finally be reduced to our smart phones? Is this the kind of technology that can even be placed inside of a camera to make it more powerful or is this something that makes the DSLR as we know it obsolete as we know it?

I know that is a lot of questions to think about, but it something that I have thought about ever since the podcast. On the one hand I think that it is amazing that we are moving in the direction that we are for technology purposes, but than on the other, I wonder if this move is threatening my very hobby, and very happiness?

What have you heard about Augmented Reality?

What are your thoughts about Augmented Photography?

I would really love to hear your thoughts and opinions. Please share them!