Augmented reality or AR is focused on creating an unrealistic experience for the user’s real-life environment. It is used to morph the real world into a colorful, unrealistic one using virtual technology.
Virtual Reality or VR creates a completely different experience - a computer-generated alternate world for the user.
The major difference between the two lies in the device-in-use and the experience. AR uses a real-life setting while VR builds a virtual world. VR uses a headset - and the user’s experience is controlled using that device. AR can be accessed using a smartphone’s camera, and here the user is in complete control of his environment.