Augmented and Virtual Reality are terms that became known almost at the same time. We explain them and show where the techniques are already being used.
Augmented Reality (shortly known as AR) and Virtual Reality (abbreviation: VR) both deal with changing Reality as we know it. However, with very different approaches, because AR remains in actual Reality, while VR creates a completely new reality.
Although AR and VR have been marketed extremely prominently, especially in the gaming sector, the breakthrough here has not been achieved. Pokémon Go is undoubtedly known to many, but after an initial hype, it is no longer as big as it was in 2016. Sony recently reported that sales of their headsets fell short of expectations.
So have the techniques failed again? Not. But the focus is perhaps less on the entertainment sector than many would have thought. VR has long since arrived at VW and is used for meetings and education, and training for employees. The ZDF, on the other hand, offers the opportunity for the soccer World Cup to place the stadium in Moscow on the living room table at home thanks to AR and to watch the games from this perspective. For this purpose, there are additional cameras directly on-site that show the station from every angle.
Ikea also already offers an AR app that allows you to bring furniture directly from the catalogue into your room so that you can better assess how well the sofa is doing for you. Also, virtually furnished rooms are planned, you can enter thanks to VR glasses and then there will help the institution Expert at will the. And thanks to AR, you will always view the current trade fair plan at the upcoming CeBIT. It can therefore be seen that both technologies have fought their way and that more and more possible applications are being used.
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