prompter: explain to me difference between AR, VR and Mixed Reality.

assistant: AR (Augmented Reality) refers to the technology that overlays digital information on the real world. AR enhances one's current perception of reality with computer-generated images and sounds, providing an interactive and immersive experience.

VR (Virtual Reality) refers to a computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way. VR completely replaces the user's real-world environment with a virtual one.

Mixed Reality (MR) is a hybrid of AR and VR, where the real world and virtual world coexist and interact with each other. In MR, virtual objects are seamlessly integrated into the real world and can be manipulated as if they were real, physical objects.

To summarize, AR enhances reality, VR replaces reality, and MR blends real and virtual reality.

prompter: What are some javascript frameworks I can use to create AR, VR, and Mixed Reality apps?

assistant: AR- Augmented reality - Uses technology to project a display over the real world to be experienced by a user.
VR- Virtual Reality - Uses Technology to allow a user to percept a created world that is completely digital and non-fungible.
Mixed Reality - Basically another word for Augmented reality where you use glasses to see the real world with an image superimposed over the real world.

prompter: Which one of these was the first to be developed for consumer use?

prompter: Can you continue explaining what AR is?

assistant: Sure! Augmented Reality (AR) is a type of interactive, computer-generated experience that blends digital content with the physical world. AR is created through the use of hardware devices such as smartphones, tablets, head-mounted displays, or other wearable devices that have AR software or applications (AR apps) installed.

AR can be experienced in many different ways and can be used for varying purposes such as gaming, navigation, education, information, product visualization, and much more. In AR, virtual objects are superimposed over the real-world environment and are meant to look as if they are truly part of the environment. The aim is to enhance a person's perception of the real world by adding digital information that is meant to provide further context, information or entertainment content. 

AR apps can use the smartphone's camera to detect real-world objects and display augmented information. For example, an AR app can display information about a product when it is viewed through the smartphone camera. AR can also be experienced using head-mounted displays, such as Microsoft HoloLens, which enable the wearer to see virtual objects superimposed over the real world.

AR has the potential to transform almost all aspects of our lives by providing new ways of doing things, learning and experiencing the world around us. From gaming to education, from health care to retail and beyond, AR has vast potential to change the way we live and work.

assistant: Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that enhances the real world by overlaying digital information and images on it. It uses computer vision, sensors, and other technologies to create a digital overlay of the real world. This digital overlay can include images, texts, animations, and other types of information. AR has various applications in fields such as entertainment, education, advertising, and gaming.

AR can be experienced through various devices such as smartphones, tablets, smart glasses, and other wearable devices. The technology works by tracking the physical world and projecting a digital overlay over it in real-time. This creates a seamless blend of the real and digital world, which can provide new perspectives, experiences, and insights.

One of the key advantages of AR is its ability to provide information in real-time and contextually relevant to the user's environment. For example, AR can be used in museums to provide additional information about exhibits, or in sports to provide live updates and statistics.

AR can also be used in education to enhance the learning experience. For example, students can use AR to explore virtual objects, simulations, and animations in real-time and in their physical environment.

In conclusion, AR has the potential to change the way we interact with technology and the world around us. The technology is rapidly evolving and has unlimited possibilities, making it a crucial area of focus for businesses, governments, and individuals alike.

assistant: Augmented reality technology currently uses two general methods. 

The first requires a device such as a cell phone. The phone's camera takes pictures or video of the surrounding area and the phone's software adds an overlay before displaying it to a user. This allows, for example, a game to populate the real world with fantastical creatures, which you can only see if you're looking through your phone. Pokémon Go is an example of such a game.

The second method is similar, but uses a helmet or pair of glasses with a clear visor or lenses that a user looks through. The user sees the real world with images or text superimposed by having them projected onto the visor or lenses. Microsoft Hololens is an example of such technology.

assistant: Sure! AR, as already mentioned, stands for Augmented Reality. It is the process of project a virtual world onto the physical one. This is usually done by having a camera recording the world from the user's perspective, and track the movement, then simulating a world in a similar way to VR, based on positional data from the movement tracking, while using the images from the camera as the background. This creates an illusion where it seems as if the virtual and physical worlds are one of the same.

assistant: Certainly! AR (Augmented Reality) is a concept and type of technology that allows the user to project information from a digital environment into view using different types of devices like headsets, visors, and even digitally augmented contact lenses. AR can be used in the medical industry for training students in simulated scenarios to help them learn what they need to without the consequences of real world mistakes. AR can also help people learn how to operate machinery safely and more efficiently so that they are ready to get that final amount of training in the real thing

assistant: AR, or augmented reality, is a broad term to describe the combination of the real world with computer-generated content. AR combines three basic features: a combination of real and virtual worlds, real-time interaction, and accurate 3D modeling of real and virtual objects. The computer-generated sensory information can be in many forms, such as constructive, which adds to the existing environment, or destructive, which masks the existing environment. In any case, the goal of AR is to seamlessly merge the computer-generated with the real world into one seamless experience for the user.

assistant: AR is a technology that uses cameras and computers to overlay virtual objects onto the real world.

For example, AR glasses can put an arrow on the street to show you which direction to go in.

AR can also be used for education, by bringing 3-D models into a classroom and allowing students to interact with them.

AR can also be used in gaming, to bring virtual objects and characters into real life.

assistant: AR stands for augmented reality, it is taking the real world as the base location and then augments it by adding virtual objects to it.  VR is virtual reality, everything about it is purely virtual and displayed on small monitors covering your eyes. There is no meaningful difference between mixed and augmented reality, because augmented reality is mixed reality.

prompter: What are the differences between iOS VisionKit and Android ARCore?