Augmented Reality and Its Impact on Social and Interpersonal Trust
Soorena Merat, Wahab Almuhtadi · 2025
Augmented reality (AR) has emerged as a transformative technology, seamlessly blending the digital and physical worlds in ways that were once confined to the realm of science fiction. By overlaying digital information onto our perception of reality, AR enhances how we interact with our surroundings, offering a multitude of possibilities in various fields, from education and healthcare to entertainment and industry. However, this blurring of boundaries between the real and the virtual also presents a complex landscape with potential implications for social and interpersonal trust, raising concerns about its role in facilitating social engineering attacks.