Okoro clocked a sluggish 2:02.63s in the first semi behind the defending champion Russian Oksana Zbrozhek, with Meadows involved in the second, more physical semi-final, battling to qualify in third.
Whereas VR goggles immerse a user in a computer-generated environment, AR uses semi-transparent goggles, which overlay computer-generated graphics onto a user's view of the physical world.