Augmented reality / Virtual reality

Augmented reality is a new technology which make existing reality more meaningful by interacting with it.
It is working with application and are often used on mobile devices to combine different digital components into the real world.

Virtual reality is more artificial and is working thanks to computer generated simulation of the real life. It could work on an special situation or environment where the user is experiencing a simulated reality by its vision or hearing.

Both are not very similar because they are working with inverse reflections. Indeed, augmented reality is giving virtual elements to users as an overlay to the real world and on the other side virtual reality offers a digital recreation of a real life setting.

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Google cardboard is a virtual reality Platform created by Google to use with a smartphone device. It is a new system developed to increase interest and development of virtual reality

Users can either build their own viewer from simple, low-cost components using specifications published by Google, or purchase a pre-manufactured one.

It seems to be very playful because it enables users to discover virtual reality potential at lower costs.