VR

Virtual Reality

A technology that creates a completely digital environment, isolating the user from the physical world. Through VR headsets or enclosed VR spaces, users are immersed in a virtual space that can either simulate real-world settings or create entirely fictional universes.

This immersion allows users to interact with the virtual environment in a real way. VR’s applications are diverse, encompassing gaming, education, training simulations, and therapeutic uses. Its capacity to create controlled, immersive settings makes it ideal for situations where replicating real-world scenarios is beneficial or where imaginative, boundless experiences are desired.

While VR transports users to a different world, Augmented Reality (AR) enhances the real world with digital overlays. AR projects information, like images or text, onto the user’s view of their real surroundings using devices like smartphones or AR glasses. This technology enhances real-world interactions with additional digital content, keeping users grounded in their physical environment.

AR’s applications are more aligned with everyday use, such as in retail, navigation, and education, where additional information or visualizations can be helpful without the need for complete immersion in a virtual space.

Mixed Reality (MR) combines elements of both VR and AR, creating environments where real and digital objects coexist and interact in real time. MR offers a more advanced, interactive experience than AR, requiring sophisticated hardware like high-end sensors and cameras.

MR technology is used when complex interactions between the real and virtual worlds are necessary, such as in advanced gaming, military training, or medical simulations. It offers a blend of the immersive nature of VR and the practicality of AR.