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  • Updated: February 08, 2023

Visualizing Augmented, Virtual Reality In Metaverse 

Visualizing Augmented, Virtual Reality In Metaverse 

VR, AR, and Metaverse

Metaverse so far has been posited based on a digitally and spatially (3-D) immersive world of virtual reality (VR) in which avatars can interact and game. 

The world is also seeing an explosion in the embrace of augmented reality, an otherwise technological cousin to virtual reality, which was being finetuned all along.

This means that in the time virtual reality (VR) shot into the limelight, augmented reality (AR) deepened its taproots only to bud strongly of late. 

Considering non-fungible tokens, if you envision the allure of NFTs available for purchase within the metaverse, you also looking at a technology that invites developers and media outlets to inundate consumers with buzzword arrays.

To humourize a little, it was fun observing the bumbling of augmented reality along the spiralling profile of its celebrity cousin, VR.

More on the Difference Between VR and AR

Virtual reality (VR) uses computer technology to simulate a virtual environment.

VR simulates an environment that users can interact with through their senses.

It allows users to interact with simulations and environments as if they were really there.

On the other hand, augmented reality (AR) uses technology to superimpose digital information on the user’s real-world view. 

The difference between virtual reality and augmented reality lies in the fact that virtual reality is a completely digital representation of real-world space.

In contrast, augmented reality adds information to the user’s view of the real world, giving it extra details.

The Rise of Augmented Reality (AR) Apps

Although its debut is generally considered ungraceful, the progress tasted by AR lately cannot be underplayed. 

In 2022, social media users were integrating AR into their lives without consciously realizing it.

There were features such as Snapchat and Instagram filters that either edited a person’s face from happy to sad or superimposed a pair of bunny ears atop a user’s head. These are all early forms of AR.

What about Pokemon Go? This is perhaps the most well-known use of AR.

In the game, players search for virtual Pokemon in real locations.

When a pokemon has been found, it appears on the app, superimposed in front of the real surroundings picked up by the phone’s camera.

The Surreptitiously Seamless AR Transition Into Our Lives

AR technologies used in Snapchat filters and Pokemon Go are entertaining and moderately impressive, but they’re just the first step in a greater paradigm shift.

The lens through which we view the world is changing, in a metaphorical and literal sense.

Humans and technology have become inseparable.

We live in a time where we would be lost without instant access to news, information, and entertainment.

Imagine trying to navigate to a new restaurant without a GPS giving traffic updates in real-time on the dashboard.

Imagine then having to split a check and calculate a tip without a calculator available at your fingertips. It’s the stuff of nightmares.

The progression from a handheld smart device to an AR experience that guides the user through the world is a logical one.

AR contact lenses, glasses, or even a Neuralink-style chip implanted in the brain could project the virtual world with which we are already integrated into our physical reality. 

Walking down the street, users would be able to access someone’s social media profiles simply by pointing at them.

Ads would pop up in your field of vision when you stare at a cafe or a clothing store for more than three seconds.

More practical applications include apps that calculate the trajectory of a falling object or the measurements of a doorframe. 

The technology housed within AR of the near future can encompass everything from AI and facial recognition to the power and knowledge of the mighty internet itself.

And here’s the kicker: its fundamentally revolutionary nature will catapult it far beyond the status of VR. 

VR will likely always have a place as an immersive gaming and online social experience.

AR, on the other hand, is on the path to changing how we perceive reality every minute of every day.

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