I am writing this from a coffee shop. There is something deeply satisfying about getting work done in a coffee shop.<\/p>\n
You are surrounded on all sides by strangers. There is a general buzz of people enjoying themselves, chatting away, bonding with each other. Yet nobody bothers you or interrupts your work.<\/p>\n
The entire experience is very stimulating. Every once in a while you might hear, with one ear, a snipped of conversation from another table. And that might spark ideas and get your own mind flowing in new directions, like the grain of sand that starts the pearl growing.<\/p>\n
Also, they have coffee. Let’s not forget about the coffee.<\/p>\n
I wonder whether we could re-create this experience using future mixed reality technologies. How long might it be before a virtual coffee shop becomes a place that people really want to hang out?<\/p>\n
There would also need to be coffee. Definitely coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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