Head-mounted display
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A head-mounted display is a display device, worn on the head or as part of a helmet, that has a small display optic in front of one or each eye. HMDs have many uses including gaming, aviation, enginee
British Army Reserve soldier wearing a Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset
An eye tracking HMD with LED illuminators and cameras to measure eye movements
U.S. Air Force flight equipment technician testing a Scorpion helmet mounted integrated targeting system
Drone racer wearing FPV goggles
Augmented reality
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Augmented reality, also known as mixed reality, is a form of 3D human–computer interaction that overlays real-time 3D-rendered computer graphics into the real world through a display, such as a handhe
Head-mounted display
…image, sometimes referred to as virtual image. Some HMDs can allow a CGI to be superimposed on real-world view. This is sometimes referred to as augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality (MR). Combining real-world view with CGI can be done by projecting the CGI through a partially reflective mirror and viewing the…
Augmented reality for viewing furniture in the real world
An example of augmented reality: a man viewing a life-size virtual model of a building
An augmented reality mapping application
A man wearing an augmented reality headset