Extended Reality

What Is Extended (XR) Reality?

Extended reality (XR) is the umbrella term for the collection of immersive technologies that include things like virtual and augmented reality. Typically, XR technologies leverage mobile computing by powerful machines and to create experiences we access through wearables like goggles or glasses. However, in the future, XR technologies may also include capsules or rooms we can walk into to experience XR.

Augmented reality is the process of enhancing real-world objects with computer-generated features or sensations. Face filters on Instagram are one example.

Virtual reality is a full-sensory simulation of the real world. It typically uses headsets, gloves, or other props to let a user feel like he or she is immersed in the simulated world.

In Mixed Reality (MR), digital and real-world objects coexist and can interact with one another in real-time. This is the latest immersive technology and is sometimes referred to as hybrid reality.

Immersive reality is a term we sometimes hear referring to VR or MR. It simply refers to the creation of a seamless XR reality to the point where users cannot tell the difference.

For example, a student in Singapore may, through a holographic presence, sit in on a class in Germany without leaving his home in Seoul, or a doctor from Singapore may heavily assist in a live medical procedure in India through seamless artificial intelligence technology.