I dont think we're very far off from augmented reality. There are already many apps available for smart phones that simulate this through their cameras. Google Maps overlays all sorts of information over their streetview web application. The next step will probably be glasses that you can wear that will overlay information over your field of vision...and after that it could lead to contact lenses that do the same thing. Cars already have displays that show in their windshields.
I also think that the line between brick and mortar and online stores are being blurred. Best Buy and Target both let you search their in-store inventories as well as their online store. Amazon is about to open it's first local store in the US that will feature a subset of it's products online.
At the rate technology and ideas are happening, I doubt I won't see these two technologies fully formed in my lifetime. Most of it exists in one form or another right now.
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