What is XR? Towards a Framework for Augmented and Virtual Reality

By Philipp A. Rauschnabel, Reto Felix, Christian Hinsch, H. Shahab, Florain Alt. Computers in Human Behavior, 2022

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organize them in our proposed framework. As a result, we conclude that (1) XR should not be used to connote extended reality, but as a more open approach where the X implies the unknown variable: xReality; (2) AR and VR have fundamental differences and thus should be treated as different experiences; (3) AR experiences can be described on a continuum ranging from assisted reality to mixed reality (based on the level of local presence); and (4), VR experiences can be concep- tualized on a telepresence-continuum ranging from atomistic to holistic VR.

Subfields: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Human-Computer Interaction

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