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YOGYAKARTA Although both are used to enter the world of the metaverse, did you know that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology have quite an equal difference?

The use of VR and AR is indeed focused on the metaverse. In cyberspace, users can interact virtually in 3 dimensions. That way the interaction can feel very real.

The definition of virtual reality (VR) itself is a technology that allows VR users to interact with environments formed in the virtual world or metaverse. This means that VR helps users to experience virtual reality.

While augmented reality (AR) is a technology capable of combining cyber objects, either 2D or 3D, with real objects. The merger then results in a new reality.

VR and AR both combine cyberspace with the real world in their own way. However, both of them still have differences, namely as follows.

In general, the experience provided by VR is to be able to bring users in other worlds in the virtual world. Meanwhile, the experience provided by AR only brings additional or virtual effects to the real world.

One of the differences between VR and AR is in terms of devices. In VR technology, the device needed is a headset. This device will strengthen interaction in the virtual world so that the experience gained by users can be more real. This headset will provide stimulants both in terms of audio and visuals.

Meanwhile, the technology used by AR is even simpler, namely gadgets that have supported AR technology with applications that are able to present AR. Both are able to combine the real world with cyber objects so that new reality will be created.

The merger of reality with AR and VR is also different. The inclusion of reality on VR is more real because it is able to bring about a new virtual world. While VR technology only adds real reality with digital elements.

Similar virtual reality and augmented reality names make these two technologies often considered the same. In principle, the AR and VR equations exist in their purpose of creation, namely to create new variations of the existing reality.

In addition, both technologies are equally used to explore new potentials from the merger of real reality with cyber reality.

To date, many companies are producing AR and VR technology and implementing it to various products. Here are examples of the application of each technology.

Examples of AR Application

Currently, many companies are using AR technology as part of the game, one of the familiar games is Pokeemon Go. This game requires players to collect pokemons that can be detected via mobile phones. Technology will also track your presence with a folder in the form of an output. When you get to a certain point, the Pokemon Go app will detect the existence of pokemons in the digital world, while in the real world there is nothing to retrieve.

Google companies are utilizing AR technology to help Google Translate users translate a language just by pointing their phone's camera at the writing they want to translate.

Examples of VR Application

A game console equipped with VR will bring users as if they entered the gaming world. The current era of many companies using this technology to offer new experiences for gamers.

VRSE is a VR product with this product, a user is able to see videos with a 360-degree view range.

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