Democratizing Reality: Designing for VR, AR and the Metaverse
Picture: Courtesy of Refik Anadol installation
Written by Eric Baldwin
Architecture shapes our lives every day, but how can it be decentralized? At the core of efforts to design extended reality (XR) environments is a desire to make these projects more human and more relatable. As technologists, architects, and users themselves develop new tools for the metaverse, as well as augmented and virtual spaces, new projects are increasingly democratized and open source. At the same time, the design process is being reimagined.