Topic: VR vs. AR Join us for a cozy and light Chip Chat session to discuss commonly-confused concepts tech concepts!

1. VR vs. AR
Nikola Jelić
Nyamkhuu Magnaituvshin
GDSC @ UoL Core Team Members
Chip Chat

2. Virtual Reality
It is a technology that creates a computer-generated
world that users can interact with.
What is VR?

3. Why has VR become popular?
• Significant advancements in the areas of display resolution, tracking, and
processing power
• VR hardware has become more accessible to consumers
• Increase in the amount and quality of VR content available
• Ability to experience social events, concerts, and even work remotely in a
more immersive way (COVID-19 quarantine)

4. Why shouldn’t people
be able to teleport
wherever they want?
- Palmer Luckey (Founder of Oculus VR)

5. What can be done with VR?
Education Tourism Design &
Architecture
Gaming and much
more!
Training
Virtual
Reality

6. Applications of VR

7. Augmented Reality
It is a technology that blends digital content with the real
world.
It allows virtual objects to be overlaid onto the user's
view of the physical environment in real time.
What is AR?

8. What is the appeal of AR?
• Interactive and engaging experience with the real-world environment
• Highly accessible with the widespread use of smartphones, tablets, and
other digital devices
• Potential to enhance various aspects of our daily lives

9. • Games like Pokemon Go, Harry
Potter…
• Education like Google Expeditions
Where have we
seen AR?

10. • Retail like Ikea, Amazon…
• Language translation like Google
Translate
and much more!
Where have we
seen AR?

11. Summary
VR AR
Entire
virtual
world
Fully
immersive
Mostly used
with VR
headsets and
gadgets
3
2
1
Virtual
overlay on
real world
Partially
immersive
Mostly used
in
smartphones
and tablets
3
2
1
Mixed Reality (MR)
Virtual
interaction
with real
world
Partially
immersive
Can be used
with
smartphones
and/or VR
headsets
3
2
1