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Reel by Blair Williams (@thisblairwilliams) · January 24, 2026

She had been a beta tester for ARiaHouse, the augmented-reality platform that promised to stitch the digital into the everyday—directions overlaid on sidewalks, recipe notes hovering over countertops, avatars meeting you for coffee in a blink. Blair liked the small conveniences: a translucent calendar that floated above her kitchen table, a friend’s face that sat in her living room when they video-called. She did not like being watched. She had always been careful with permissions, limiting the app’s access to sensors and refusing every optional beta feature labeled “immersive.” blair williams reality virtually new