OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Virtual reality, or VR, is a computer-generated graphical space that allows users to experience various environments. Users can travel to the medieval era and then teleport to a fictional village. Augmented reality, or AR, is where computer-generated graphics superimpose with the physical environment. In other words, the objects seen in the real-world are now “augmented” with more information provided by AR technology. Individuals experience the Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab in Fitts-Woolard Hall, where the space allows users to understand scale and detail in objects as large as whales and as small as viruses. Photo by Becky Kirkland.
