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(Continued from page 9) IV into your arm, the veins in your arms would
ique is totally immersive since you are com- be totally visible.
pletely pulled into the world inside the headset. AR technology is sometimes accom-
Dedicated VR devices started reaching plished with goggles, like VR, but there are al-
the market in 2016. Samsung and Oculus so AR applications that use lightweight glass-
have recently released their first everyday con- es or partial glasses. There are also small
sumer product, the Samsung Gear VR head- handheld AR displays, digital AR projectors,
set. At $99 it is well-priced, but must be paired and even contact lenses that project AR infor-
with a newer Samsung Galaxy smartphone to mation. Several companies, including Google,
make it work. Other VR devices like the Ocu- are working on lasers that send information
lus Rift and the HTC Vive and start at $599 directly to the eyes.
and require a powerful PC to work. Sony will Microsoft is working on a HoloLens AR
soon release their PlayStation VR at $399. headset that will work with Windows 10.
Augmented Reality Google is still working on their Google Glass
Augmented Reality is another way to project which will now focus on the workplace.
look at a different world. Instead of replacing With AR you can interact with it through gaze,
the current reality with an alternate reality as voice, and/or hand motions. If you saw the
VR does, AR adds to our current reality. So movie Minority Report and remember Tom
with AR, you can still see the real world Cruise moving information around in the air
around you, but certain things in your world you have seen an accurate depiction of an
are augmented. With AR, information about augmented reality device.
the real environment and its objects is overlaid
on the real world. For instance, a nurse wear- When Minority Report came out in 2002, it was
ing a pair of AR glasses would be able to see very futuristic. Now that future is already here.
everything in the room exactly as it really is.
However, when he or she is ready to insert an

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