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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

            Augmented  Reality  (AR)  and  Virtual  Reality  (VR) bridge  the  digital  and  real  worlds.  Both  these
            technologies find the greatest use in entertainment, sports/gaming, close interactive eye to eye
            communication and aided shopping experiences. Imagine sitting at home and browsing through a
            store in London where you can see and feel the merchandise you wish to buy. This technology is also
            used in education. Imagine being a live participant in a historical battle or a student of anatomy in
            medical school. You can really feel the battle or touch the organs.
            Augmented Reality

            Augmented  Reality  is  a  technology  that  superimposes
            sounds, images and text on the real world that we can
            see. Images are created by developers within applications
            that blend in with content in the real world.

            AR is used in:
                creating  an  imaginary  world  for  the  purpose  of
               entertainment  and  gaming,  for  example,  3D  movies,
               video games, etc.
                training  software  and  people  to  work  in  real-life
               environments by creating a simulation of the reality,
               for example, flight simulators for pilots.

            Examples of AR experiences include Snapchat lenses and the game Pokemon Go. Disney coloring
            book with AR has a character in the book to colour. The app uses the camera to detect the character
            that was coloured and recreates the character in a 3D form on the screen. Google Glass created
            in 2013 is an example of wearable AR interface. It helps the user remain focussed on the work. It
            displays on the user’s glass screen through a small projector. It responds to voice commands to
            activate an application any time









                            Snapchat             Disney Coloring book             Google Glass

            Virtual Reality

            Virtual Reality is a technology that creates a complete virtual world that users can interact with. In
            this world, you can experience places as if you were actually there. While using virtual reality, the
            user almost always wears VR devices such as HTC Vive or Google Cardboard. These devices have
            eye-covering headset and headphones to completely replace the real world with the virtual one.
            Using VR Simulator devices, surgeons can develop their surgical skills through simulation on digital
            patients and architects can create a walk-through model of their projects.






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