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Mixed reality
Également appelé MR, XR, extended reality, spatial computing, augmented reality
Mixed reality (MR) blends virtual objects with your real surroundings so they appear to share the same space, often reacting to your walls, furniture and hands.
Mixed reality, or MR, sits between fully virtual reality and the real world. Instead of replacing your surroundings, an MR app adds digital content to them. A virtual pet might walk across your real floor, a game might break holes in your actual walls, or a virtual screen might hang beside your real window.
How headsets do it
Most current VR headsets create mixed reality with video passthrough: cameras film the room and the headset draws virtual objects on top. Depth sensors and room scanning help the system understand surfaces, so objects can sit on a table or hide behind a couch. Spatial anchors keep content in place between sessions. AR glasses use a different method, with transparent lenses that let you see the real world directly.
Related terms
- VR (virtual reality): the real world is fully replaced.
- AR (augmented reality): digital overlays on the real world, often on phones or glasses.
- XR (extended reality): an umbrella term covering VR, AR and MR.
- Spatial computing: Apple's preferred term for apps that live in your space on the Apple Vision Pro.
The lines between these terms are blurry and companies use them differently. Headsets like the Meta Quest 3 and Samsung Galaxy XR handle both full VR and MR.
Termes associés
- Passthrough
- Passthrough shows you a live camera view of your real surroundings inside a headset, so you can see your room…
- Spatial anchors
- Spatial anchors are saved points in your real room that a headset can recognize again…
- Standalone headset
- A standalone headset is a VR or mixed reality headset with its own processor, storage and battery built in…