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What is the Difference Between VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality) & MR (Mixed Reality)?

Recently updated on December 29th, 2019 at 12:18 am

Sometimes, people keep asking the difference between VR, AR and MR where the terms seems can be used interchangeably. These three words, VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality) and MR (Mixed Reality), are very confusing to new people in the industry. Especially in this era of reality technology that keep advancing and progressing. Let’s look at the areas below that might help in differentiating them.

Difference Between VR AR MR
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What is the Definition & Meaning of Augmented Reality or AR?

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Recently updated on April 3rd, 2021 at 09:50 pm

Augmented reality or widely known as AR is a method to integrate, combine or overlay the real world environment with the computer-generated input. The digital input can be in the forms of graphics, sounds, video, data etc. Normally, the event takes place in the real world environment happens in a real-time manner. The term ‘Augmented Reality‘ is first introduced by Thomas Caudell, a Boeing researcher, in 1990. He used it when referring to the head-mounted display wore by the Boeing workers to put together electrical wiring harnesses for aircraft equipment.

Microsoft HoloLens
Augmented Reality technology called HoloLens from Microsoft.

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Testing Augmented Reality (AR) with Google Glass at Multimedia University (MMU)

Recently updated on January 30th, 2021 at 07:49 pm

Last week on 10th May 2014, I got a chance to test this new tech gadget called Google Glass at Multimedia University (MMU) in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. It uses the technology related with augmented reality or famously known as AR. I think I look like a Borg character from the “Star Trek” movies only the much more good looking version 🙂

Wearing Google Glass
I’m wearing the same Google Glass that was used by Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder.

When I first donned the Google Glass, I can feel that it is very light in weight. It is like wearing the thin plastic headband on your forehead. Later, after a few setting from the demo assistance, a virtual screen appeared just in front of me. It seems like the box is floating around one metre in front of me and it looks a little bit overlapped with other real objects. Hence, to get the best effect, it is better to view it in front of a blank wall.
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