{"id":106,"date":"2020-02-03T10:42:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T10:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2020-05-26T05:09:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T05:09:54","slug":"virtual-reality-augmented-reality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/virtual-reality-augmented-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\">VR<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<div class=\"arconix-column-two-thirds\">\n<h3>What is virtual reality?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Virtual reality is where the user is transferred into a different environment to that in why they are located, through the use of a virtual reality headset, together with various other controllers and haptic(touch) feedback devices. A key feature of Virtual Reality is complete immersion in the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The technology is rapidly advancing and recent innovations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completely wireless, independent systems<\/li>\n<li>User position tracking, allowing movement within a room to be replicated<\/li>\n<li>Hand tracking and gesture tracking, allowing the user to &#8216;pick up&#8217; objects in the virtual world.<\/li>\n<li>Touch feedback and pain simulation using body suits.<\/li>\n<li>Eye and facial gesture tracking, allowing facial expressions to be projected into the virtual world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Trailer Video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yYxrJ2L8Xl4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"arconix-column-one-third\">\n<div id=\"attachment_661\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-661\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-661 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/oculus-quest-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/oculus-quest-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/oculus-quest-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/oculus-quest.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oculus Quest is a current market leader in VR innovation, with room scale movement tracking built into the fully wireless headset<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_662\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-662\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/virtual-reality-immersion-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/virtual-reality-immersion-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/virtual-reality-immersion-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/virtual-reality-immersion-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/virtual-reality-immersion.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A user plays a game in virtual reality.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">AR<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<div class=\"arconix-column-two-thirds\">\n<h3>What is augmented Reality?<\/h3>\n<p>Augmented reality differs from Virtual Reality in that the user is not completely removed from the environment in which they are located, rather virtual elements are added to the environment itself, augmenting(adding to\/improving) the environment, rather than replacing it.<\/p>\n<p>This allows a the real environment to become part of the experience, rather than completely replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Example uses include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Projecting virtual screens on to real world walls or windows.<\/li>\n<li>Playing virtual board games on real tables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Windows Mixed Reality Trailer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aYdB2xBNFek\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arconix-column-one-third\">\n<div id=\"attachment_663\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-663\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-663\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/hololens-minecraft-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/hololens-minecraft-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/hololens-minecraft-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/hololens-minecraft.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/hololens-minecraft-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Augmented Reality Minecraft on Microsoft&#8217;s Hololens. A virtual design is displayed on a real-world table<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_664\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-664\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-664\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/augmented-reaility-phone-cie-a-level-computer-science-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/augmented-reaility-phone-cie-a-level-computer-science-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/augmented-reaility-phone-cie-a-level-computer-science-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/02\/augmented-reaility-phone-cie-a-level-computer-science.jpg 818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Augmented reality using a mobile phone, showing what furniture would look like when placed in a real room<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Education<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Medicine<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Engineering<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Business<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Military<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - 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