Augmented Reality

Futuristic films like "The Terminator" and "Minority Report" imagine a time in which the virtual world can be projected onto the every day physical world.

This technology, known as augmented reality, will be commercially available in the form of glasses sooner than we think, says Jamais Cascio, of the Institute for the Future.

But, he warns, don’t necessarily believe they’ll be rose colored.

Audio: WNYC's On The Media Host: Brooke Gladstone.