VR vs AR vs MR vs XR: Plunge into Virtual Universe
Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies have become big trends that spark entrepreneurs’ imagination while reshaping the business space.
Virtual Reality (VR) is a computer-generated environment with scenes and objects that appear to be real, making the user feel they are immersed in their surroundings. This environment is perceived through a device known as a Virtual Reality headset or helmet. VR allows us to immerse ourselves in video games as if we were one of the characters, learn how to perform heart surgery, or improve the quality of sports training to maximize performance.
Use of VR:
- Training and education;
- Marketing;
- Engineering and design.
Augmented reality is the technology that expands our physical world, adding layers of digital information onto it. Unlike Virtual Reality (VR), AR does not create the whole artificial environment to replace real with a virtual one. AR appears in direct view of an existing environment and adds sounds, videos, graphics to it.
Use of AR:
- Military and medical use of AR;
- Maintenance and repair;
- AR Gaming;
- AR in business.
In a Mixed Reality (MR) experience, which combines elements of both AR and VR, real-world and digital objects interact. Mixed reality technology is just now starting to take off with Microsoft’s HoloLens one of the most notable early mixed reality apparatuses.
Use of MR:
- The corporate world and MR;
- MR and business training;
- Learning with MR;
- Designing in MR.
XR
XR is an acronym for “Extended Reality.” The term simply represents any sort of technology that alters reality for the user by blurring the line between the real and digital worlds. In this way, AR, VR, and MR all fit under the umbrella of XR media. Having an all-encompassing term for these forms of media is necessary, as there will likely be other types of XR technologies developed in the near-future that are different from those that exist today.
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