What is Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality?

Vikas Maurya
2 min readFeb 11, 2019

“LEARN EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD FROM OTHERS BUT BRING IT IN, AND IN YOUR OWN WAY ABSORB IT; DO NOT BECOME OTHERS”.

-BY SWAMI VIVEKANAND

We are spending most of our time looking at screens i.e. Mobile Phones, TV, Laptop etc. They have become a big part of our lives and VR and AR are the two technologies that are changing the way we use screens creating a new and exciting experience both in a different way. The market for AR and VR products in 2018 is expected to be 17.8 billion dollars but by 2022 it is expected to go as high as two 150 billion dollars.
The mostly Gaming Company uses AR and VR technology for better user experience but this not restricted to gaming at all it is also started playing a major role in almost every field.

Virtual Reality and Augmented reality are two totally different thing let understand this one by one.

WHAT IS AUGMENTED REALITY?

Augmented reality is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the object that resides in the real-world are augmented by computer.
Augmented Reality is used to enhance natural environment or situations and offers perceptually enriched experiences with the help of advanced AR technologies i.e. Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Object Recognition.
Pokemon Go game is one of the famous examples of Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality has a broad Application since it mainly deals with Real-World.

WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY?

Virtual Reality is an interactive computer generated Experience taking place within a Simulated Environment.
Jaron Lanier who is the father of virtual reality first started a company who sells virtual goggles then it takes a big hike in Gaming World and 3D cinema.

The Above Two Technolgy Can be merged to create new Technology i.e. MIXED REALITY.
Possible Application Area
Literature,Archeology,Architecture,Visual Art,Commerce,Education,Remote Collaboration,Emergency Management /search and rescue,social interaction,industrial Design,Medical,Flight Training,Military,Navigation,Workplace,Broadcast and Live Events,Tourism and sightseeing,Translation,Music,Retail,Snapchat.

A short Video Will Explain how Machine Learning Help AR or VR.

Thank You,

Happy Machine Learning(VR/AR)

Author: Vikas Maurya

Originally published at https://knowledgeinai.blogspot.com on February 11, 2019.

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