The notion that the statistics cited in this article "spell trouble not only for Pokemon Go but also augmented reality in general," is a spurious conclusion. I see nothing in these statistics to imply a causal relationship between the drop in AR searches and a theoretical drop in AR interest. I could see it if the analyst were making the point that the trivial use of AR in Pokemon Go could lead people to pigeonholing AR as trivial tech, but one could also argue that the massive amount of AR searches during the zenith of Pokemon Go's popularity exposed people to the fact that there is much more to AR than what Pokemon Go had to offer. Lazy.
@lonesamurai1: So if I point out a grammatical error to a gamer who has not asked me to, that's worse than pointing out a grammatical error to a non-gamer who has not asked me to?
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