[kristianp]

What's the difference between XR and AR? It's the first time I've seen XR used.

[mellosouls]

XR is short for the umbrella term "eXtended Reality", though I suspect (without proof) the latter started as a backronym, with the X perhaps originally meaning the traditional placeholder "whatever" for "Augmented", "Virtual", "Mixed" etc, which "Extended Reality" encompasses.

Eg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_reality

[cjcassar]

Yes, exactly the above. Except it doesn’t replace Spatial computing conveniently

[nwienert]

Many will say otherwise but the most accurate answer is that it’s short for “Xtreme Reality” - for example, if you look at a car, it will add flames to the side. Look at your dad - bleached blonde tips. Stuff like that.

[dangrover]

Also, other characters in XR have predilection to say stuff like "You can't make it spicy enough for me!" and “Holy moly, Stromboli!”

[mellosouls]

That's not the most accurate answer, though perhaps it has some usage in that sense; it's not what it means in the context here.

[refulgentis]

It means VR and AR in one device (i.e. reality can be completely occluded if desired)

[cjcassar]

Yes thank you for clarifying, this is what we mean!