Extended Reality

Question 1

What are the three different markets or types of Extended Reality?

Answer 1

• Virtual Reality (VR)
• Augmented Reality (AR)
• Mixed Reality (MR)

Question 2

What is the term that describes cameras in VR headsets that show the real world around the user?

Answer 2

Passthrough

Question 3

What sort of extended reality uses see-through lenses (rather than cameras via passthrough) to interact with the real-world?

Answer 3

Augmented Reality

Question 4

The persistent, massive, not-all-that-real, shared-reality world is known as what?

Answer 4

Metaverse

Question 5

What is the term used to describe the time difference between when an action performed is performed in real-life and when the view is updated in in virtual / mixed reality?

Answer 5

Latency

Question 6

What is the process that uses lasers to scan a users physical surroundings to create a “mesh” in the Extended Reality space?

Answer 6

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging)

Question 7

What is spatial awareness in XR?

Answer 7

The ability of a device to recognize its surroundings and the user’s position.

Question 8

What is foveated rendering?

Answer 8

A technique where more computing resources are dedicated to the area the user is directly looking at.

Question 9

What is the screen-door effect?

Answer 9

Becoming aware of the individual pixels making up the image

Question 10

In the context of Virtual Reality, what is a guardian or chaperone?

Answer 10

A virtual boundary that appears when a user approaches the edge of their play space.