I want to super-tech my home office, possibly including some AR smarts. What do you recommend?

AMa tt Bolton replies: Overhauling the home office is always fun, especially when you have budget to introduce new gadgets. Taking the AR angle first, you might be intrigued by the forthcoming Lampix, a tabletop augmented reality platform mixing hardware and software to turn any home office surface – that’s desks, walls and floors – into an interactive surface, making it particularly attractive to designers and other creatives.

The Lampix looks like an LED table lamp, but inside is a high- def projector and camera that uses machine learning and blockchain-based image sourcing to recognise fine hand movements and to react to real-world objects. The Lampix Developer Edition Kit ($350/£ 248.54, lampix.com) is now available for preorder and will ship this November.

If you can’t wait that long, try the Sony Xperia Touch (£1,399, sonymobile.com), a portable short-throw projector that’ll transform your office wall into a giant whiteboard. As a bonus, when you’re done working you can use it for playing old-school games or for reading recipes when cooking.

The obvious addition to any home office worth its salt is a smart speaker. These personal assistants shower you with AI features, including keeping your work diary in check, reminding you of impending deadlines, and ordering you a car if you find you’re running late for a client meeting. You can take your pick from Google Home (£129, store.google. com), Amazon Echo (£89.99, amazon. co.uk) the new Panasonic SC- GA10 (£ 229.99, panasonic.com/uk), or Sonos One (£199, sonos.com).