Enhanced Reality

Virtual and augmented reality technology has advanced rapidly in recent years, and with Meta’s recent developments in the Metaverse, it is likely that people will spend more time in virtual spaces in the future. Although a great deal of thought, effort, and resources are invested in creating comfortable physical environments, virtual materials could help meet some of our needs and therefore make parts of built physical environments and materials redundant. For example, when a space is reduced due to the existence of virtual materials, it is possible to precisely balance the physical and virtual materials in the space. This principle enables the creation of optimal and healthier environments as well as equal opportunities for all. This project will examine the expected changes in the future of the physical world, considering new virtual materials that may be incorporated into physical spaces, while understanding that the balance between them is subject to change and the boundaries between them may blur.