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The way it's been explained to me:

VR -> Virtual Reality is where the entire landscape is computer generated, the viewer does NOT see anything other than what the computer generates.

AR -> Augmented Reality is where the viewer is able to see around them and the computer projects images to the glass surface, at the right size and color, so that they appear to be in the world around the viewer



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