The use of AR, VR, XR and mr technologies, which have an up-to-date place in today’s technologies, is increasing rapidly. With this increase, it takes its place in our lives as well. It is currently used in fields such as health, defense industry, entertainment, internet of things, advertising, marketing, education, history, architecture & construction, and technologies are developed by rapid R&D studies. Although the use of these technologies is increasing, the definitions of these terms and the differences between them are not fully understood.
What is Extended Reality (XR)?
Augmented reality is basically a tool used to add something to our current reality. Augmented reality includes all 3 technologies. These are: virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. With the development of technology, it is thought that AR glasses and smart digital devices will be gathered in XR technology in the future. In addition, XR makes our lives easier in many areas. As examples of these areas, we can say the game and entertainment, health, and marketing sectors.
What is Augmented Reality (AR)?
Augmented reality has become a technology that is rapidly entering our lives and has taken hold of the trend in a short period of time. Augmented reality is a “real world” element. That is, AR combines user interaction with the real world, separate from simulation. For example, if you want to buy an item for your home, but before you buy that item, you can use augmented reality to see what’s in your home and choose the size of the item and the color of the house accordingly. For example, we could also add Pokemon Go, the game that entered our lives in 2016.
What is Mixed Reality (MR)?
Mixed reality , we can say that it is combined with both virtual reality and augmented reality. In mixed reality, the virtual world and the real world coexist, and we can see it decently in real time. For this, we can take Microsoft’s HoloLens as an example. Thanks to HoloLens, we can communicate with other applications using voice. In addition, we can move a machine away without contact. In other words, we can Decipher the interaction between people and objects.
What is Virtual Reality (VR)?
When virtual reality is mentioned, glasses come to mind first. With these glasses, a virtual environment is fic decisively developed and we experience virtual and reality together. When developing these environments, 3D and 360 degree cameras are usually used. Virtual Reality, which is an important part of artificial intelligence, is used in many fields today.
What are the differences between virtual reality, VR, MR, AR, XR?
Although these technologies seem like similar things, there are differences between them. VR is completely set up in a virtual environment and is not related to real life. So it’s completely fictional. In AR, on the other hand, it adds a virtual environment layer on top of real life, but does not communicate with external factors. In MR, mostly object and human interaction is at the forefront. In XR technology, these 3 technologies are used (AR, VR, MR). Therefore, we can say that XR is more comprehensive than others.
