Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are now starting to rise up in fame with different products from popular manufacturers like Microsoft and their Hololens, Sony and their PlayStation VR headset, the Google backed project AR headset Magic Leap and the other leading VR headset, the Oculus Rift.

With that said, all of the mentioned gadgets are, no doubt, exciting most especially for gamers around the world. However, with excitement for new technology comes great confusion for the fans and the gaming community as some have recently and previously compared the two techs, AR and VR, against each other. To be more specific, the Microsoft Hololens and Sony's PlayStation VR or the Oculus Rift VR headset.

Augmented Reality, or AR, is quite the exact opposite of the VR as the game will be projected to the real world as opposed to the players immersing themselves inside the game in Virtual Reality.

With all that in mind, the real question to ask now is: what is more suited for gamers, a player going inside the game or the game coming to life?

The first factor to look at here is how compelling the technology is to the public and according to Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, AR headsets like Microsoft Hololens is "just not compelling enough for mass market consumers," he said via Develop.

VR, like Sony's PlayStation VR, will draw players inside a new virtual world and might even detach them from reality when they immerse themselves into the world of video games. Furthermore, it also changes how the gaming community views the word immersive when it comes to gaming.

As for AR, it will still have that reality aspect but with a bit of dash of fantasy into it by bringing the game out in the real world or projecting the IP through the Hololens' glass. A perfect example for this is the previous presentation by Microsoft with their "Project X-Ray" game for the lens.

Furthermore, Sony's PlayStation VR was specifically created for gaming purposes while Hololens has more use to it other than gaming like aiding astronauts aboard the I.S.S (International Space Station) or in the field of medicine. In addition to that, the company has also admitted previously that gaming is not going to be their main focus for the first edition of the device.

With that factor to consider, it's quite easy to presume that, for now, Virtual Reality is definitely more suitable for gaming. The technology is well marketed with the PlayStation VR, the Facebook-acquired Oculus Rift as well as the HTC Vive while so far, there has only been one active Augmented Reality headset and that is from Microsoft, the Hololens.