debate AR Vs. VR - The gloves are off!

[Keith]

Ar will be bigger than Vr, look it up!

It's not what you know, it's what the masses know. AR as it pertains to domains and branding isn't going to happen.

Virtual reality isn't even going to really hit the masses for a decade, or more, or never. The dollar amount of a specific niche industry doesn't equate to domains sold in that niche. It's an educated gamble at best for these types of investments. 99% of domains in this thread and similar threads are flushed money.

Careful kids!

 

[hxp]

Yea , i stopped that.
Got a hunch AR is dying..
The term i mean.

Got to follow my instincts (and have about 5 names)

Same. I still picked up "AR/N/e/r/d(s)/com" though. I think it was fairly miraculous to be able to find those, so late in the game.

IMO, if anything is going to take over AR/VR/MR as a keyword, it would be "Immersive".

 

[Elad n]

Got ARaddict a while ago.

Immersive is good but not for that imo.

And im not sure its so important to have one term.

Some can work together you know.

 

[Elad n]

http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/04/ar-vs-vr-the-battle-is-real/

Just that its gonna be VR vs MR

 

[artstar]

ar can be applied to existing tech to enhance it obviously
vr is a virtual tech that's creating a fake reality obviously

ar is less $ to apply than vr

augmented is a poorly created/used term imo possibly will be renamed by some virtual nerdkinder in time no doubt

but big $ is being spent on ar and predicted to be bigger than vr

not my words just passing along data

regged this tho just to have in hand;

A-R.Today
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[Elad n]

Why do you think microsoft and magic leap rephrased their tech to MR?

AR as a term is not gonna make it.

 

[doubleU]

Why do you think microsoft and magic leap rephrased their tech to MR?

AR as a term is not gonna make it.

MR reality can only co-exist with AR and VR but cannot survive without them.

Augmented may not be a great term but Mixed sounds watered down.

Virtual has good branding appeal with consumers.

Most AR and VR domains I see regd are beyond ridiculous, I think it's time for people to get real and take of their wool. Most good VR domains have been registered for over 10 years.

Follow sheep and you will get fleeced !

 

[Elad n]

All about how strong the terms will be pushed.
I believe MR will gain momentum..
Its already starting.
About VR, many many good terms were regged in the last year.
Saying all good names are gone since 10 years is Bullshit

 

[Domain Wildcatter]

VRSocialApp.com is where we all should go to get along... LOL!

 

[disaac81]

I thought at some point the term HyperReality was going to coin on, since the experiences we all seek are generally to be more immersed than our real lives.

Another one was BlendedReality but that seems to be restricted to one company.

Another was Transmogrified (i think) but you can tell that was never gonna work.

Just from my thinking, I see MR being the term that has the legs already to stick. AR might be used for more dedicated services like for apps and such, but sadly this term seems to be losing traction. Shame because I bought quite a few AR names.

 

[Elad n]

Yes , it look like AR (as a term) is losing momentum slowly..
MR and mixed reality are getting momentum and interest.
Its moving pretty fast right now.

 

[LucidDomains]

Thanks for the thread @Eric Lyon. Good idea!

This should get interesting.

 

[disaac81]

Does anyone think HyperReality will emerge as a strong branding term too (if not a technical term).

Sounds quite cool.

 

[Elad n]

Does anyone think HyperReality will emerge as a strong branding term too (if not a technical term).

Sounds quite cool.

Hyper sounds cool.
It fits what the Void are doing and describe their experience better then mixed reality.
i guess thats why they have changed from mixed reality to Hyper reality.

 

[Elad n]

Btw, you also got holographic reality, extended reality, extra reality
Pick one you believe in. Hahaha
I chose Virtual and mixed and a bit of the others.

 

[disaac81]

Yep, lots of terms but at the moment VR is the big thing with MR to follow as it delvers a different experience for different uses.

The other terms might get stuck in the corporate glue, so they never really get used outside of a certain brand?

 

[MetaverseBranding]

I am just backing three terms really:

Virtual Reality (VR)
Mixed Reality (MR)
Holographic (Holo)

I have got a few AR, but MR seems to be picking up speed nicely so have backed that more.

 

[disaac81]

Forgot this one too

Hybrid Reality :P

 

[nomen]

Just guessing but not sure if anything else than virtual / vr will really take off as a commercial term in many years. And I think that "augmented" will be replaced with "mixed" (sounds cooler) but "augmented" will remain as a technical term within the industry as it's pretty accurate.

And as long as we're guessing, I'd say that in the long term, virtual reality is going to be referred as 'vee' and augmented reality as 'layer'.

 

[Bros]

I think it would be important to take into account the price levels at which domains are selling at the moment. Even if VR ends up being bigger, the AR domains might offer better value at the moment - or not. In addition to that I think that as a branding term "360" is one potential dark horse in this race.

 

[Krisss]