Virtual, augmented, mixed reality: what’s the difference?
VR, AR, MR… Three acronyms, three ways of blending the real and the digital, and a fairly widespread state of confusion. Here's the rundown, no headset and no headache required. Smart headsets and glasses keep multiplying, and so do the acronyms on their boxes. It helps to know what they actually promise. The good news: it all comes down to dosage. How much of the real world do you keep, and how much digital do you add ? At one end of the scale, the world as it is. At the other, an entirely manufactured universe. The three technologies sit somewhere in between.
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