// ROBOTICS AND SMART FACTORIES TERM
Virtual Reality
A simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world, typically accessed through special headsets.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Virtual Reality (VR) is a simulated interactive environment, often experienced through head-mounted displays, that immerses users in a digital world, providing sensory feedback for training, design review, and remote collaboration in industrial applications.
BACKGROUND
Augmented reality (AR), also known as mixed reality (MR), is a form of 3D human–computer interaction that overlays real-time 3D-rendered computer graphics into the real world through a display, such as a handheld device or head-mounted display. This experience is seamlessly interwoven with the physical world such that it is perceived as an immersive aspect of the real environment. In this way, augmented reality alters one's ongoing perception of a real-world environment, compared to virtual reality, which aims to completely replace the user's real-world environment with a simulated one. Augmented reality is typically visual, but can span multiple sensory modalities, including auditory, haptic, and somatosensory.
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- VR
- Immersive reality
- Computer-generated reality
- Simulated environment
USAGE NOTE
Used for training, prototyping, and remote maintenance in manufacturing.