Hey everybody, Trisha Hershberger here.
Today we’re going to talk about
augmented reality and virtual reality.
I was just at PAX Prime last weekend
and of course, Oculus was there, Vive was there, Cast AR was there,
people were wearing, Google Glass, there was a lot of talk about,
Hololense, it was on the mind.
It was just kind of the buzz all around the
convention so I wanted to talk about it specifically because people were
confusing the terms.
What is augmented reality?
What is virtual reality?
How are they same?
How are they different?
Lets delve into it.
So what is
augmented reality?
Augmented reality is a combination of actual reality,
your real world surroundings, and virtual reality, virtual additions to that
world.
And it lets the user interact with both while being able to tell the
difference.
It’s adding information to the world around you and when
exicuted at its best you are able to interact with all of it in a very real human
way.
Google Glass, is a great example of AR.
It adds to your field of view
while still letting you be present in the real world.
When it comes to gaming,
AR, allows you to actually play with other people because you can see and
interact with them.
I found myself testing out Cast AR at PAX Prime this
weekend and I was playing this demo that was not unlike, Marble Madness,
while my opponent and I were butting each other out of the way, and that’s
an awesome experience.
So what is virtual reality?
Virtual reality on the
other hand ignores the real world and transports you somewhere else
entirely.
It emerses you fully in a virtual world you can interact with, again, if
executed with really intuative periferals in a totally human way.
Companies
are still trying to figure that part out.
While VR usually seems more
impressive because you feel like you are in an entirely different space,
there are limitations to not being aware of your surroundings.
It’s a very
singular experience and you have to be in a controlled environment so you
don’t hurt yourself by trying to move around in the real world while thinking
you’re in the virtual one.
So which is better?
It depends on a variety of
factors really.
It depends on the comfort of the hardware.
If you’re wearing
a headset, do you want to wear it for hours?
It depends on the performance
of the hardware.
Of course you want it to look beautiful and as realistic as
possible and you also don’t want to get sick while using it.
It depends on
the intuativness of the controls.
If you’re using a mouse and keyboard while
you have a very realistic headset on to interact with things that’s going to
feel not natural.
Where as if we have some type of touch controls or
something that you can interact with the way that you interact with the
world normally thats an awesome experience.
Of course it also depends on
the software developed for the product.
Up until now most software
developed for AR and VR has been for demo purposes only but I’m really
looking for something I can sink my teeth into as far as a game I would play
for hours or a video I would want to watch for hours or information I can use
in my everyday life, etc., etc.
So what are your opinions on augmented and
virtual reality?
Which one gets you more excited, or, do they both get you
excited?
And do you think either will actually be a commercial success, or,
are they just kind of neat for now?
I feel like we’ve come a very long way
since the, Nintendo Virtual Boy, and people are really starting to come up
with ways that this could work in everyday life.
Would you spend the money
for it?
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