VR/AR/MR and 360', whats the difference?


The world of technology can be difficult to understand, as someone who is new to the VR/AR scene I have decided to do some research to understand their difference and what sets them apart. 


Virtual Reality (VR)

Virtual reality (VR), which can be referred to as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality, replicates an environment that simulates a physical presence in places in the real world or an imagined world, allowing the user to interact in that world. Virtual reality is the umbrella term for all immersive experiences, which could be created using purely real-world content, purely synthetic content or a hybrid of both.

Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. Augmented reality is an overlay of content on the real world, but that content is not anchored to or part of it. The real-world content and the CG content are not able to respond to each other. IKEA has developed a table as part of its concept kitchen that suggests recipes based on the ingredients on the table, which is a great example of AR working in the real world, potentially. Google Glass was a first attempt from Google to bring augmented reality to consumers and we’d expect to see more of this in the future.

Mixed Reality (MR)

Mixed reality (MR)—sometimes referred to as hybrid reality—is the merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualisations where physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real time. Mixed reality is an overlay of synthetic content on the real world that is anchored to and interacts with the real world. The key characteristic of MR is that the synthetic content and the real-world content are able to react to each other in real time. Of all the realities we’ve talked about in this blog, mixed reality seems like the furthest from fruition. 

360° Video

Immersive videos, more recently known as 360° videos or 360 degree videos, are video recordings of a real-world scene, where the view in every direction is recorded at the same time. During playback the viewer has control of the viewing direction. 360° video is a version of VR created with only real-world content. 

Summary

The Reality-virtuality spectrum graph explains the differences between the various VR's, although not completely accurately as there is still a clear definition of each thing and what falls under what.

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