What is the difference between AR and VR?

[aihr78]

Functionally, what is the difference between VR & AR?

 

[chanchan05]

Re: Anyone taking Advatage of the Merge VR/AR fund?

Functionally, what is the difference between VR & AR?

VR, everything you see is generated. You could be in your room but you see yourself as maybe in space. In AR, you see your surroundings but there will be some things superimposed. Like maybe you will see a pokemon in your backyard.

Functionally, in VR, you do not need to physically move from your location to explore the virtual world. Think of it as a first person game you can play from your living room. With AR you actually have to move around. Think of it as Pokemon Go, but instead of having to check your screen to find pokemon in the vicinity, you'll be wearing glasses where you can see them around you.

 

[pkcable]

I branched this question to its own thread since the question and answer seemed like a great Q&A!

 

[Rob Phillips]

Copied from my post in the other thread....

AR (augmented reality) manipulates the real world around you. Think Snapchat filters. VR (virtual reality) creates a completely different world around you. For example, a 360 video that takes you to outer space when you’re actually sitting on your living room couch. There is no interaction with your actual surroundings in VR.

 

[rhdonna]

VR = What you see inside a virtual generated world.
AR = Put the virtual stuff onto real stuff (like Pokemon Go).

 

[Adamiller]

I’ve been wondering this myself since I’m clueless about it and it’s something my boys are interested in and am wanting. Thanks for the info!

 

[Kathzhld]

With virtual reality, you can swim with sharks. And with augmented reality, you can watch a shark pop out of your business card. While VR is more immersive, AR provides more freedom for the user, and more possibilities for marketers because it does not need to be a head-mounted display.

 

[badelhas]

VR = What you see inside a virtual generated world.
AR = Put the virtual stuff onto real stuff (like Pokemon Go).

Great and simple answer

 

[Firegold21]

Functionally, what is the difference between VR & AR?

To make it more confusing now that you've had a bunch of great answers, the line between them is not a hard, solid one. It's a continuum.

You can have VR that interacts with the real world and you can have AR that replaces the real world. For example, there's an AR portal app on iPhone that replaces the real world when you step through the portal. Of course, you're still looking through your handheld phone screen, but everything on your screen is virtual.