Augmented reality (AR) aims to provide supplemental technology and data to improve the user experience for a task or product and has found many uses in both the consumer and industrial markets. AR is dependent on supplemental devices (wearables, phones, headsets) to render and display information, which enable a user to view the real world with an added overlay.
AR is distinct from Virtual Reality (VR) which is designed and used to re-create reality within a confined experience. AR shares many traits with “Mixed Reality” which aims to merge AR and real life interaction so as to blur the boundaries of our digital and physical world.