(Photo : https://www.pexels.com/photo/app-augmented-reality-game-gps-163042/) Augmented reality is the new virtual reality, and even better. It offers an interaction between the real world and what the cyber world can offer.

A couple of years back, virtual reality had been the trend with people of all ages. Some watch videos while others play using a virtual reality box. Virtual reality is a technological advancement that creates a simulated environment.

In virtual reality, VR boxes or headsets take over your sense of sight which seemingly brings you to another world. The LCD panels of the VR headsets are refracted by lenses that completely block your vision from the outside world and make your vision focus on what is displayed on the screen.

Virtual reality takes you to another world or dimension. It recreates an actual place that has been photographed or an artificial place that has been animated. Virtual reality makes you experience another world even if you are just in the four corners of your room. You can enjoy the beauty of another place even without stepping outside of your home.

Another world within your grasp, Isn't that amazing?

Another way that technology can change the look of the world is through augmented reality. People may think that virtual and augmented reality are the same, but they are two different things. These video enhancing technological innovations aim to provide the best cyber experience for everyone.

But what is an augmented reality?

How is it different from virtual reality?

Augmented reality is the enhancement of your actual surroundings and adding some digital images. While virtual reality takes you to another world, augmented reality keeps you where you are but with added enhancements.

If you are familiar with Pokemon Go, this game pretty much explains augmented reality. When you download the Pokemon Go game, it will take you to go hunting for Pokemon. Pokemon are pocket monsters that Pokemon Masters hunt and collect to help them in battlefields.

Here is where augmented reality comes in. Using your smartphone and your phone's camera, the Pokemon Go app will direct you to where you can go and catch a pokemon. On the LCD of your phone, you will see the same surrounding as where you exactly are, but with an added a pokemon animation, that which you are about to catch. The combination of reality and animation is known as augmented reality.

Now, that's even more amazing!

You can experience the world of animation which you used to see on TV while traversing the real world.

Indeed, the ever-changing world of technology takes us to places with a simple click and they happen within the walls of your home or within the palm of our hands.

Experience the power of computer technology and change the way you look at the world!

Become a part of the animated world with augmented reality!

Link:

Augmented Reality vs. Virtual Reality - Science Times