To: Nancy Myers

From: Joshua Ziehnert, Dylan Sacksteder

Date: November 21, 2022
Subject: Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality Outline

Research
Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality

 Intro – 2 min? –
o Names
o What we’re talking about
o Differences in vr, ar, and mr
 VR – New world
 AR – same world, new objects
 MR – same world, new objects, higher quality
 Over-all History -
o 1838 stereoscopic photos/viewers
o 1929 first light simulator
o 1950s Morton Heilig’s Sensorama
o 1960 First head mounted display
o 1982 Sayre Gloves (hands)
o 1991 VR arcade games
o 2012 Oculus
 VR – 2 min? -
o Application
 Plan
 Design
 Experiment
 Troubleshoot
 Diagnose
 Great for teaching mechanical engineering
 Oculus Quest 2
 AR – 2 min? –
o Application
 No big headsets
 On mobile devices, portable
 Easy to use
 same world, new objects
 can’t edit items easily
 Google Lens
 MR – 2 min? –
 o Application
 High-quality headset
 High-quality designs
 same world, new objects, higher quality
 XYZ reality headset
 Close – 2 min? –
o Thank you, any questions?
 Sources
o https://program-ace.com/blog/vr-in-engineering/
o https://overlyapp.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-augmented-reality-
virtual-reality-mixed-reality/#:~:text=Mixed%20reality%20is%20similar%20to,headset
%20to%20experience%20mixed%20reality.
o https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html
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