Both augmented reality and virtual reality use simulations of real-world environments to either enhance or completely replace them.
Using the camera on a smartphone, augmented reality (AR) typically enhances your surroundings by adding digital features to a live view.
Virtual reality (VR) is an entirely immersive experience that substitutes a virtual environment for the actual world.
In augmented reality, a virtual environment is created to cohabit with the real world to provide users with more information about the real world without them having to conduct a search.
Virtual reality is a comprehensive environmental simulation that completely replaces the user's real world with a virtual one. Because everything in these virtual surroundings is made up.