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Mixed reality as a term dates at least back to 1994 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%E2%80%93virtuality_continuum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%E

by ryoshu 4y ago

Mixed reality as a term dates at least back to 1994 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%E2%80%93virtuality_continuum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%E2%80%93virtuality_con.... Microsoft adopted it because they were doing surface mapping and occlusion culling, something that early AR (circa 2008-2012ish) really couldn't do.

throwawaybbq1 4y ago
Tangent: Is occlusion culling on HoloLens different from that done in games? Btw .. the site in your profile does not work.
sdiupIGPWEfh 4y ago
Yes, the term "Mixed Reality" had some academic use going back that far, but I'd interpret that article and its citations quite differently. These early MR references use the term to mean a spectrum from "Augmented Reality" to "Augmented Virtuality". The AV term never really caught on, and the Wikipedia link for AV [1] actually just redirects to their page for MR [2]. I can't think of many notable examples of AV at the moment, though something like "Mario Kart Live: Home_Circuit" [3], as mentioned on the Wikipedia page for MR [2], might fit the bill, in the sense that reality is being used to augment the game. Uses of haptic feedback in VR might also count as AV. This usage of MR has nothing to do with how Microsoft began using the term. It's almost as if they embraced an academic term for the sake of marketing, extended the meaning, and successfully extinguished the original academic definition. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_virtuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_virtuality [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_reality#Augmented_virtuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_reality#Augmented_virtua... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart_Live:_Home_Circuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart_Live:_Home_Circuit
- tanseydavid 4y ago
  Loved your final sentence. Had to read it twice to be certain that your choice of certain words was quite deliberate.

by ryoshu 4y ago

throwawaybbq1 4y ago

Tangent: Is occlusion culling on HoloLens different from that done in games? Btw .. the site in your profile does not work.

sdiupIGPWEfh 4y ago

Yes, the term "Mixed Reality" had some academic use going back that far, but I'd interpret that article and its citations quite differently. These early MR references use the term to mean a spectrum from "Augmented Reality" to "Augmented Virtuality". The AV term never really caught on, and the Wikipedia link for AV [1] actually just redirects to their page for MR [2]. I can't think of many notable examples of AV at the moment, though something like "Mario Kart Live: Home_Circuit" [3], as mentioned on the Wikipedia page for MR [2], might fit the bill, in the sense that reality is being used to augment the game. Uses of haptic feedback in VR might also count as AV. This usage of MR has nothing to do with how Microsoft began using the term. It's almost as if they embraced an academic term for the sake of marketing, extended the meaning, and successfully extinguished the original academic definition. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_virtuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_virtuality [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_reality#Augmented_virtuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_reality#Augmented_virtua... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart_Live:_Home_Circuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart_Live:_Home_Circuit

tanseydavid 4y ago
Loved your final sentence. Had to read it twice to be certain that your choice of certain words was quite deliberate.