XR-Glossary

Extended Reality Definitions and Explanations

Welcome to our Extended Reality (XR) Glossary! This resource is designed to help you navigate the fascinating world of XR technologies, including Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR). Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned professional, our glossary provides clear and concise definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts.

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360-degree video, 3D mapping, 3D model, 3D pipeline, 3D Strategy

A

API, Apple Vision Pro, AR App, AR glasses, AR Headset, AR Preview, AR Quick Look, ARCore, ARKit, Artificial Intelligence, Avatar

B

BIM, Bird Bath Optics

D

Depth Sensing, Digital Twin, Digital Environment, Distance Calculation

E

Environment Mapping, Extended Reality, Eye Tracking, EyeSight

F

FBX, Field of View, Field Sequential Color, Foveated Rendering, Frame Rate, Fully Immersive

G

Game Engine, Gaussian Splatting, Gesture Recognition, glTF, Google Glass, GPS, Graphics Processing Unit

H

Haptic Feedback, Head Tracking, Head-Mounted Display, Head-up-Display, HoloLens, Hologram

I

Image Recognition, Immersive Experience, Immersive Media, Industry 4.0, IoT, Iris Scanning

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M

Machine Learning, Magic Leap One, Marker, Marker-based AR, Markerless AR, Meta Quest, Metaverse, Mixed Reality, Modelviewer, Motion Capture, Motion Sickness, Motion-to-Photon Latency, Motion Tracking

N

Neural Radiance Fields

O

OBJ, Object Recognition, Oculus, Open Geospatial Consortiums, Optical See-through, Optical Tracking, Orion AI Glasses

P

Passthrough Camera, Perception of Reality, Photogrammetry, Point Cloud, Positional Tracking, Predictive Analytics, Projection Mapping

Q

Quad-Bayer Technology

R

Real-time Rendering, Reality-Virtuality Continuum, Refresh Rate

S

SceneViewer, Screen Door Effect, Sensors, Shareability, Simulated Reality, Simulation, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, Six Degrees of Freedom, Smart Glasses, Smart Mirror Technology, Software Development Kit, Spatial Audio, Spatial Computer, Spatial Computing, Stereoscopic 3D, Stitching

T

TensorFlow, Textur, Tracking

U

User Experience, USDZ

V

Videofeed, Virtual Environment, Virtual Prototype, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality SDK, Virtual Tour, VisionOS, Vive, Volumetric Video, VR App, VR Content, VR Controller, VR Headset, VR Platform

W

Waveguide Technology, Wearables, WebGL, WebXR

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