The New Privacy Debate: Ensuring Privacy in a 'mixed reality' world

"I’m taking everybody’s privacy away!” Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence at Upload VR, declared during his Centre Stage debate at Web Summit 2016. Wearing a pair of Microsoft HoloLens’, next-generation “mixed reality” glasses, Scoble debated whether we are sacrificing too much of our privacy in the name of technological advancement. But how will we ensure our privacy when mixed reality devices are commercially available?

Though regulation will be key to ensuring citizens’ privacy, Scoble says that governments may not be able to fill the need: “The governments are behind, and they will be behind forever. There is no way you can keep up with technology that’s happening this fast.” So, it will be up to the industry to self-regulate, Scoble reckons. But will it be enough?