*There are critics who think that the cheap, gimmicky aspects of Augmented Reality are gonna lead to the early doom of the industry. That's a lot like complaining that gimmicky coin-op videogames are gonna ruin the brilliant field of Artificial Intelligence.
*Augmented Reality's comic-book lack of dignity is a big part of its charm. To paraphrase Marvin Minsky, if Augmented Reality was actually good, it would mean the end of everything we know.