Everyone in this thread is trying to define VR/AR as they understand it, making it needlessly more complex as the make concessions to defend their ideas against criticism instead of actually reading others definitions.
VR - provides artificial stimuli and reduces external stimuli in order to increase immersion.
A tv does the former but is not a "VR"device because it does not do the later. Earphones, however can be considered a VR device, and VR devices utilize similar technology.
AR - provides artificial stimuli through response to and modification of external stimuli.
Google Glass, Kinect Pets, PS Eye pets do this.
There you go.
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