University of Washington Releases Report About Augmented Reality Risks
The University of Washington Tech Policy Lab, a collaboration between faculty and students in the School of Law, Information School and Computer Science & Engineering Department and other campus units, uses a set of “diversity panels” for evaluating new technologies and to consider the impact of the technology in question on various end users.
The Lab has released its findings of a study on Augmented Reality in a new report. The authors conclude that the greatest legal and policy issues arising from the use of Augmented Reality concern collection and/or display of information. Within these areas, concerns with privacy, free speech and intellectual property as well as novel forms of distraction and discrimination, raise the need for further attention and the development of new recommendations.
The final section outlines five options available to various policymakers who have an interest in promoting or regulating the technology.