Augmented reality is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory.
Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that adds digital content (images, 3D models, text, sound) on top of the real world using a device like:
👉 You still see the real world, but with extra virtual elements added.
Examples: Pokémon GO, ARLoopa, Ikea Place
Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology where you are placed inside a fully digital world using a headset.
This type of AR works on the concept of tracking and recognition. In this type of AR you need to have a marker through which you could perform the augmentation. In general this augments Digital Objects upon a marker.
This type of AR doesn't requires any sort of marker. This AR can simply detect your plane and perform the augmentation of your digital objects.
Examples: Ikea Place.
Superimposition Based Augmented Reality is the augmented reality technique which uses object recognition. The augmented image replaces the original image either partially or fully. This type of AR is commonly used in the medical field to superimpose an X-ray onto a patient's body.
Location-based AR ties digital content and the experience it creates to a specific place. The objects are mapped out so that when a user's location matches the predetermined spot it is displayed on the screen.
Projection-based AR is a little different than the other types of markerless augmented reality. Namely, you don't need a mobile device to display the content. Instead, light projects the digital graphics onto an object or surface to create an interactive experience for the user. Yes, that's right, holograms! Projection-based AR is used to create 3D objects that can be interacted with by the user. It can be used to show a prototype or mockup of a new product, even disassembling each part to better show its inner workings.
Outlining AR recognizes boundaries and lines to help in situations when the human eye can't. Outlining augmented reality uses object recognition to understand a user's immediate surroundings. Think about driving in low light conditions or seeing the structure of a building from the outside.
MR is advanced form of AR where we make use Head Mounted Displays(HMD's) to display the content on top of real-world sort of blend into the real world.
Mixed Reality Spectrum