Virtual reality and augmented reality, the difference explained! Navrtar New to the world of virtual reality? Have you attended a virtual reality experience London? What about the up and coming world of augmented reality? While these 2 technology types sound similar and do bleed into each other a bit in relation to terminology and technology, they accomplish very different things in very different ways for the user. In this guide, the difference between attending a virtual reality experience London and an augmented reality one will be highlighted, and some other important questions will be answered. So, enjoy! When you book a virtual reality experience London, you will usually be given an introduction session on how to use the associated equipment, such as a headset. When you are wearing the headset, you are plunged into a 3D world, usually with sounds and 360 degrees of vision, allowing you to become fully immersed in the experience. As such, a virtual reality experience London can be used for anything from a fun day out for children and families to training and team-building experiences for office staff. And of course for training for the zombie apocalypse or an alien invasion! Virtual reality Augmented reality It is unlikely that you would be able to book an augmented reality day in the same way that you can book a virtual reality experience London. Why is this? Because augmented reality is not as immersive and as such, when you wear a pair of augmented reality glasses or another device, you are having things added to your vision and experience, rather than becoming totally immersed. Imagine looking in front of you right now and seeing the room before you, but also seeing buttons or additions that when you remove the glasses are not there. In essence, augmented reality tracks your movements and projects images over the top. OK, so this has in essence been covered, but the reason why many people want to book a virtual reality experience London is that they want to see and engage with a 3D world that could not be accomplished without a Hollywood film budget in the real world. In short, they want to fight or run away from zombies without the actual threat, while engaging with others and having fun. Augmented reality is not as far along as virtual and so, it is confined to expensive glasses from companies like Google. And while the technologies used to develop them are similar, it seems that a virtual reality experience London is confined to the world of gaming, training staff etc. whereas augmented reality is better designed for smartphones, as it adds almost digital images to your world by using the camera on a smartphone or pair of glasses. Differences Both technologies are advancing quickly, and as more people book themselves in for a virtual reality experience London, developers are expanding on graphics, game ideas and the headsets used to immerse people in these worlds. Augmented reality is also developing, but at a slower pace, however it has recently been used in the very successful game Pokemon Go! So, as to which technology becomes more popular is a tough question to answer, but both are becoming normal in everyday society. The future https ://www.navr tar . com/ https ://www.pcmag .com/news/augmented-rea l i ty -ar -vs- v i r tua l - rea l i ty -vr -whats- the-d i f ference ht tps ://www. inte l . co .uk/content/www/uk/en/tech- t ips- and-t r i cks/v i r tua l - rea l i ty -vs-augmented-rea l i ty .h tml Sources :