The Future of Augmented and Virtual Reality
Technology has grown massive over the last decade. We can learn, play and train virtually now and this is where an introduction to VR, or Virtual Reality, and AR, or Augmented Reality, comes in. Augmented Reality uses a real-world setting, such as your living room or a classroom to show virtual images, such as animals or new furniture. Virtual Reality uses a completely virtual setting. Both have revolutionized how people experience the world, whether through the use of a smartphone or a headset. Each has also impacted the world during the pandemic, as well as having an impact on the future. Shopping Target, one of the biggest retail brand companies, has been introducing new tech ideas to its website and mobile app for months now. According to Marielle Moon's article Target Uses Augmented Reality to Help You Shop for Furniture , Target has introduced not only a real-time map to locate its stores but also a visual search tool that is powered by Pinterest (Moon, 2017). Recently, it