Futurists, tech-bloggers and assholes are always harping on about what’s next in technology. One year, it’s virtual world social networks. Remember in 2007 how we were all going to be on Second Life within 6 months? Didn’t happen. It was a good story, but it didn’t happen. The year before that, we were going to only watch tv on our mobile devices. Also, didn’t happen (at least not in the timeframe the bloggers had predicted). Well, in 2010, everyone has been overhyping the existance of augmented reality apps. It’s a fun sounding trend, seems super futuristic and there’s a few real-world examples you can actually point to. For example, Yelp’s Monocle Feature for the iPhone is genuinely cool. (You can point your phones camera in a direction and see what all the restaurants listed over the image. It’s neat.)

Still, hype is hype and should be taken with a grain of salt. Augmented Reality is a kinda cool thing, but whether it’s going to take over our lives is the wrong question to ask. The question is, why will certain augmented reality apps be more useful to our lives than others?

I’m digressing, though. I don’t feel like opening that can of worms in this blog post (though feel free in the comments). This is an awesome CGI video that imagines a world entirely colored by augmented reality. I don’t know if I would want to live there, but I’m thoroughly impressed that someone could so full realize this vision in a video. Enjoy.

(via New Work)