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Mixed Reality

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Augmented Reality; Augmented Virtuality; Mixed Reality; Virtual Environment; Virtual Reality; Virtuality Continuum

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The Virtuality Continuum represents a scale which extends from the completely Real Environment (RE) to the completely Virtual Environment (VE) with Mixed Reality (MR) laying in between. MR refers to environments anywhere between the extremes of the Virtuality Continuum, wherein real world and virtual world objects are presented together in a single display. Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes computer-generated objects upon the RE, while Augmented Virtuality (AV) blends real-world elements into the VE. Virtual Reality (VR) refers to entirely synthetic worlds, which may mimic the physical properties of the real world, wherein the user can be totally immersed.

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The Virtuality Continuum encompasses all possible variations of blending real and virtual elements into a single environment, with the RE and VE laying at the ends of the scale. MR...

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  1. Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece

    Vlasios Kasapakis

  2. Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of the Aegean, Ermoupoli, Greece

    Damianos Gavalas & Elena Dzardanova

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  1. Applied Computer Science Department, Woodbury University Applied Computer Science Department, Burbank, California, USA

    Newton Lee

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Kasapakis, V., Gavalas, D., Dzardanova, E. (2018). Mixed Reality. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_205-1

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