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What's the difference between XR and AR? It's the first time I've seen XR used.
by kristianp 3y ago
What's the difference between XR and AR? It's the first time I've seen XR used.
- refulgentis 3y agoIt means VR and AR in one device (i.e. reality can be completely occluded if desired)
- cjcassar 3y agoYes thank you for clarifying, this is what we mean!
- nwienert 3y agoMany will say otherwise but the most accurate answer is that it’s short for “Xtreme Reality” - for example, if you look at a car, it will add flames to the side. Look at your dad - bleached blonde tips. Stuff like that.
- dangrover 3y agoAlso, other characters in XR have predilection to say stuff like "You can't make it spicy enough for me!" and “Holy moly, Stromboli!”
- mellosouls 3y agoThat's not the most accurate answer, though perhaps it has some usage in that sense; it's not what it means in the context here.
- mellosouls 3y agoXR is short for the umbrella term "eXtended Reality", though I suspect (without proof) the latter started as a backronym, with the X perhaps originally meaning the traditional placeholder "whatever" for "Augmented", "Virtual", "Mixed" etc, which "Extended Reality" encompasses. Eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_reality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_reality
- cjcassar 3y agoYes, exactly the above. Except it doesn’t replace Spatial computing conveniently