The 3 mains Differences between AR and MR

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes digital images onto the user's field of view.

It allows for the overlay of useful information or digital content on real-world surfaces, providing a deeper understanding of the environment. Augmented reality is 75% real and 25% virtual.

AR is currently available for smartphones, tablets, smart headsets, and smart glasses.

Mixed reality (MR) is a technology that blends the real and virtual worlds, allowing physical and digital objects to coexist and interact in real-time.

MR is a combination of both, virtual and augmented reality, providing the user with the ability to experience and manipulate digital content in the context of the real world.

MR provides AR and VR experiences in the same headset or glasses.

Here are 3 main differences between AR and MR:

1. Freedom

• Mixed reality allows interaction with digital content as users can go hands-free, there is no need to hold onto a mobile device to keep it going.

• Users can interact with the virtual environment more naturally, through verbal commands and hand gestures.

• AR content can be retrieved using a mobile device, you will need a headset to experience MR.

2. Immersion

• Augmented reality creates a physical world that does not exist by keeping the real world central and augmenting the real-world visuals with computer-generated elements such as graphics, audio, and video.

• MR brings together the real world and the virtual world in a more immersive way

3. Interaction

• MR enables the user to walk into and manipulate a scene.

• AR doesn't allow the user to interact with virtual objects.

AR is a real-world environment overlaid with virtual objects. MR is a real-world environment plus virtual objects you can interact with.

Put simply, in mixed reality, you can see virtual objects just like you can in augmented reality, but these objects can also interact with the real world. In a sense, mixed reality is a more immersive and interactive type of augmented reality.