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0 pointsLegitShady3y ago0 comments

VR replaces your world with a virtual one. AR casts virtual things into the normal world.

Camera pass through isn't AR, the same way a security camera isn't AR just because you could potentially view it on a VR HMD. There needs to be the component of combining the normal and virtual worlds. Camera pass through is just an ease of use feature.

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KaiserPro3y ago

> Camera pass through isn't AR, the same way a security camera isn't AR just because you could potentially view it on a VR HMD.

I would suggest that this is a very modern interpretation. Pokemon go is an "AR" game, even though its camera-mediated. Wayfair has an "AR" furniture viewer, apple has "AR" feature to view the new mac mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ (search for AR)

as I said, its hazy, and its only now that laser/waveguide see through displays are possible that we can have real-world overlays.

andybak3y ago

> There needs to be the component of combining the normal and virtual worlds. Camera pass through is just an ease of use feature.

Passthrough can be overlaid with synthetic elements:

https://developer.oculus.com/blog/mixed-reality-with-passthr...

There's entire apps based around this feature and has been for quite a while (Google Daydream introduced an API before it's demise)

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