OVERVIEW OF VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) AND AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)
OVERVIEW OF VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) AND AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) When looking at the industries that are coming we find there are three main technologies that are related but different: Augmented Reality (AR) is the technology of imposing computer generated items over the real world to create the augmented reality. Extended Reality (XR) is the technology that combines virtual and real environments as well as human and machine interactions to create an extended reality Virtual Reality (VR) is the technology through a headset where the person is immersed in a virtual world, therefore having an experience in a virtual environment. VR is the most powerful storytelling medium to take the historically passive viewer and make them a participant that engages with the story and use more of their senses. VR is a disruptive technology which, although it has been labeled as an extension of storytelling in film or an advance to the film viewing experience, such as 3D, the reality is ...