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dragon_6666 t1_j4vq23a wrote

Reply to comment by Wiknetti in Apple Delays AR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset by GadnukBreakerOfWrlds

If I understand correctly, MR means the headset is capable VR, and then there’s passthrough capabikity which essentially feeds your headset a video image of the “outside world” and overlays info/images on that real world image. AR I believe there’s no “video” that’s being shown. It’s just the outside world being shown through a lens like on on your phone with images overlayed on top of it.

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Wiknetti t1_j4x0xdy wrote

Makes sense to call it “mixed” if It can perform both VR AND AR. On that note it actually sounds like an improvement as opposed to exclusively AR which would overlay digital to a real world display or even a feed.

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dragon_6666 t1_j4x1owf wrote

Yes, although the benefit of a strictly AR device would be that since it takes less processing power, it would be a smaller, thinner and lighter (and less expensive) device. So there are trade offs for both.

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