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Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality
- 1. Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality Knowing the Difference Presented by: Raksha Shetty
- 2. “ Artificial, computer-generated simulation or recreation of a real life environment or situation What is VIRTUAL REALITY?
- 3. What is Virtual Reality used for To create and enhance an imaginary reality for gaming, entertainment, and play To enhance training for real life environments by creating a simulation of reality where people can practice beforehand
- 4. “ A technology that layers computer- generated enhancements atop an existing reality What is AUGMENTED REALITY?
- 5. Similarities & Differences Similarities Technology Entertainment Science & Medicine Differences Purpose Delivery Method
Editor's Notes
- One of the biggest confusions in the world of augmented reality is the difference between augmented reality and virtual reality. Both are earning a lot of media attention and are promising tremendous growth. So what is the difference between virtual reality vs. augmented reality?
- Virtual reality (VR) is an artificial, computer-generated simulation or recreation of a real life environment or situation. It immerses the user by making them feel like they are experiencing the simulated reality first-hand, primarily by stimulating their vision and hearing. VR is typically achieved through wearable hardware, like Facebook’s Oculus equipped with the technology, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or the Microsoft Hololens (also capable of AR). Virtual reality is possible through a coding language known as VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) which can be used to create a series of images, and specify what types of interactions are possible for them.
- VR is used to create and enhance an imaginary reality for gaming and viewable entertainment. VR gaming can make actions lifelike and turn real environments into virtual landscapes.(Such as video and computer games, or 3D movies, head mounted display). Virtual reality is also used for simulated environments for professionally based training - flight simulators for pilots, language learning, and other use cases.
- Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that layers computer-generated enhancements atop an existing reality in order to make it more meaningful through the ability to interact with it. AR is developed into apps and used on mobile devices to blend digital components into the real world in such a way that they enhance one another, but can also be told apart easily.
- Similarities Technology Augmented and virtual realities both leverage some of the same types of technology, and they each exist to serve the user with an enhanced or enriched experience. Entertainment Both technologies enable experiences that are becoming more commonly expected and sought after for entertainment purposes. While in the past they seemed merely a figment of a science fiction imagination, new artificial worlds come to life under the user’s control, and deeper layers of interaction with the real world are also achievable. Leading tech moguls are investing and developing new adaptations, improvements, and releasing more and more products and apps that support these technologies for the increasingly savvy users. Science and Medicine Additionally, both virtual and augmented realities have great potential in changing the landscape of the medical field by making things such as remote surgeries a real possibility. These technologies been already been used to treat and heal psychological conditions such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Differences Purpose Augmented reality enhances experiences by adding virtual components such as digital images, graphics, or sensations as a new layer of interaction with the real world. Contrastingly, virtual reality creates its own reality that is completely computer generated and driven. Delivery Method Virtual Reality is usually delivered to the user through a head-mounted, or hand-held controller. This equipment connects people to the virtual reality, and allows them to control and navigate their actions in an environment meant to simulate the real world. Augmented reality is being used more and more in mobile devices such as laptops, smart phones, and tablets to change how the real world and digital images, graphics intersect and interact.
- It is not always virtual reality vs. augmented reality– they do not always operate independently of one another, and in fact are often blended together to generate an even more immersing experience. Alone or blended together, they are undoubtedly opening up worlds-both real and virtual alike.