In the context of digital technologies for entertainment, consider the following statements:

1. In Augmented Reality (AR), a simulated environment is created and the physical world is completely shut out.

2. In Virtual Reality (VR), images generated from a computer are projected onto real-life objects or surroundings.

3. AR allows individuals to be present in the world and improves the experience using the camera of smart-phone or PC.

4. VR closes the world, and transposes an individual, providing complete immersion experience.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?A.1 and 2 onlyB.3 and 4C.1, 2 and 3D.4 only

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In the context of digital technologies for entertainment, consider the following statements: 1. In Augmented Reality (AR), a simulated environment is created and the physical world is completely shut out. 2. In Virtual Reality (VR), images generated from a computer are projected onto real-life objects or surroundings. 3. AR allows individuals to be present in the world and improves the experience using the camera of smart-phone or PC. 4. VR closes the world, and transposes an individual, providing complete immersion experience. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

3 and 4. UPSC's official Series A key for CSP 2019 Question 91 gives 3 and 4. Those statements say AR keeps a person in the real world and VR closes it off. IBM says AR overlays content onto the real world rather than replacing it. IBM says VR completely replaces the physical world. So statement 3 is right for AR, and statement 4 is right for VR. Statement 1 swaps the two technologies, because it says AR shuts out the physical world. Statement 2 swaps them too, because it says VR projects images onto real surroundings. So any option that includes statement 1 or 2 is wrong. The option with only statement 4 is incomplete, because statement 3 is also correct.

Which of the following correctly distinguishes Augmented Reality (AR) from Virtual Reality (VR)?

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