What Is the Difference Between AR and VR?

Augmented and virtual reality have one big thing in common. They both have the remarkable ability to alter our perception of the world. Where they differ, is the perception of our presence.
Virtual reality is able to transpose the user. In other words, bring us some place else. Through closed visors or goggles, VR blocks out the room and puts our presence elsewhere.
Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, these are names you may have heard about by now. But if you haven't tried virtual reality since that one arcade in the 80's, be ready to be blown away by how far it's come.
Putting a VR headset over your eyes will leave you blind to the current world, but will expand your senses with experiences within. The immersion is actually quite dramatic, with some users reporting feelings of movement as they ascend a staircase or ride a rollercoaster within the virtual environment.
Augmented reality however, takes our current reality and adds something to it. It does not move us elsewhere. It simply "augments" our current state of presence, often with clear visors. Seen below, Samsung is near ready to introduce its Monitorless AR glasses, which would connect to phones or PCs via WIFI and replace the screen on those devices.
Apple is also not-so-secretly excited about and investing in the augmented reality space. Time will tell is that means a pair of Apple AR glasses, or cool new AR features built into a next gen iPhone.

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