Ko te mooni mariko (VR) te whakamahinga o te hangarau rorohiko hei waihanga i tētahi taiao whakaata. He rerekē ki ngā atanga kaiwhakamahi tuku iho, ka whakanohoia te kaiwhakamahi e te VR ki tētahi wheako. Engari ko te mātaki i runga i te mata, ka rumakina te kaiwhakamahi ki te ao 3D, ā, ka taea e ia te taunekeneke ki reira. Mā te whakaata i ngā momo kare ā-roto e taea ana, pērā i te tirohanga, te whakarongo, te pā, tae noa ki te hongi, ka noho te rorohiko hei kaitiaki tatau ki tēnei ao horihori.
E rua ngā taha o te moni kotahi te mooni mariko me te mooni whakanui. Ka taea e koe te whakaaro ki te mooni whakanui hei mooni mariko me te waewae kotahi ki te ao tūturu: Ka whakatauira te mooni whakanui i ngā mea hanga-tangata i roto i ngā taiao tūturu; Ka hangaia e te mooni mariko he taiao horihori ka taea te noho.
I roto i te Mooni Whakanuia, ka whakamahia e ngā rorohiko ngā pūoko me ngā rauropi hei whakatau i te tūranga me te aronga o te kāmera. Kātahi ka whakaatuhia e te mooni whakanuia ngā whakairoiro 3D e kitea ana mai i te tirohanga a te kāmera, ka whakatakotoria ngā whakaahua i hangaia e te rorohiko ki runga i te tirohanga a te kaiwhakamahi ki te ao tūturu.
I roto i te ao mariko, ka whakamahia e ngā rorohiko ngā pūoko me ngā pāngarau rite tonu. Heoi, hei utu mō te kimi i tētahi kāmera tūturu i roto i tētahi taiao tūturu, ka noho te tūnga o ngā kanohi o te kaiwhakamahi ki tētahi taiao whakaata. Ki te neke te upoko o te kaiwhakamahi, ka whakautu te whakaahua kia rite. Engari mō te whakakotahi i ngā mea mariko me ngā whakaaturanga tūturu, ka hangaia e te VR he ao taunekeneke, whakamīharo mō ngā kaiwhakamahi.
Ka taea e ngā karāhe o roto i te whakaaturanga mariko-māhunga (HMD) te arotahi ki te ahua i hangaia e te whakaaturanga e tata ana ki ngā kanohi o te kaiwhakamahi. Ka whakanohoia ngā karāhe ki waenganui i te mata me ngā kanohi o te kaimātakitaki hei whakaatu i te āhua kei te tawhiti pai ngā whakaahua. Ka tutuki tēnei mā te karāhe o roto i te pane VR, e āwhina ana ki te whakaiti i te tawhiti iti rawa mō te tirohanga mārama.