I don’t think it will, not in the form of feature narrative, per se, but maybe it’ll become more rarified. People still go to the ballet and the opera. I think of both as a collaborative tool. AR is amazing for shot diagrams and shot lists, and working more in physical space with people rather than on flat screens. The potential is to make computing more physical and tactile.
But for AR to become a true art narrative device, I think it’ll happen. If the experience is where people don’t have to be in a headset and just be in space with the people and share with them, if that is AR, it will happen sooner. We’ll lose the craft of directing the camera and the lenses, and that is what makes cinema relevant. It’ll have to be a new form, not a replacement for cinema. And the person who will make this masterpiece is 12 years old right now.
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