AR / VR

Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that resides in the real-world are “augmented” by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, aptic, somatosensory, and olfactory. The overlaid sensory information can be constructive (i.e. additive to the nature environment) or destructive (i.e. masking of the natural environment) and is seamlessly iterwoven with the physical world such that it is percieved as an immersive aspect of the real enevironment. In this way, augmented reality alters one’s ongoing perception of a real-world environment, whereas virtual reality completely replaces the user’s real-world environment with a simulated one.

Agumented reality is related to two largely synonymous terms: mixed reality and computer-meditated reality.

Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment. It incorporates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback. This immersive environment can be similar to the real world, or it can be fantastical.