MIT researchershave builta headset that gives the wearer a kind of X-ray vision.
The system combines computer vision and wireless perception to locate a hidden item.
“We need to have built-in safeguards to protect our privacy and that of everyone around them.”
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Kagan said that having a superpower like X-ray vision could bring risks.
“AR is also an always-on, always-recording technology,” he added.
You’ll never forget a face because facial recognition brings up people’s social profiles alongside them.
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Digital objects will persist in our world just like real objects," Anderson said.
Privacy Concerns
While AR offers many advantages, it could also reveal an unwanted flood of data.
One frightening possibility is that AR applications could track a person’s location and usage patterns.
“This data could then be sold to third parties or used for targeted advertising.”
AR technology is so new that the industry is still wrestling with how to protect data.
Anderson said AR devices have to be built with privacy in mind.
