Istanbul Gelisim Vocational School: Vocational School Bulletin (Vol. 2, Issue 2, February 2023)

Abstract

AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY

With the rapid development and spread of technology, many innovative technologies have become very popular and have been included in our daily lives. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are also among these technologies. These technologies are often confused with each other, as they are technologies developed on the concept of reality. AG and SG are different from each other in terms of the experiences they offer to users and the devices used (Peddie, 2017). While SG covers the field of view of the users with glasses to create a completely virtual world with the help of 3D virtual objects and allows the user to feel all their senses in the virtual world (Mikropoulos & Natsis, 2011), in AR technology, generally with the help of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, users can be separated from the real environment. It increases the intelligibility of objects that are difficult to understand by integrating virtual objects into the real environment without separating them (Azuma, 1999; Kourouthanassis et al., 2015; Strys et al., 2018). In summary, while AR brings virtual objects to the real environment, SG takes users to the virtual environment.

These technologies can be used in industry and commerce, education, health, entertainment and other fields, and as they evolve, their impact will increase worldwide. However, the use of these technologies can also bring important problems such as security, privacy and rights.