Extended Reality (XR) as the Next Generation of Interactive and Reality-based Digital Experiences: Applications, Benefits, and Challenges
Abstract
The extended reality (XR) is a new modality of creation of interactive, context-driven digital experiences. As a way to determine the effects of XR technologies in modifying human interaction both in the virtual and the physical world, it explores the main XR technologies, namely virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR). The study adopts a systematic approach that explores the current academic works, industry reports and empirical case studies in the field. It classifies the XR applications into fields including education, healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment and training. The different XR modalities are comparatively analyzed in an effort to determine the efficacy, the technologies necessary, and the practical challenges. related to implementation. Results showed that XR results in better interaction with participants and experiential learning, as well as informative decision-making due to realistic and interactive simulations. In addition, XR enhances the observational clarity, provides safer training environments and provides cost-efficient operating models. However, major barriers such as costing a lot of capital to install the equipment, technical constraints, privacy, ethical issues, and lack of standardization that is universally accepted are all challenges to the adoption of XR technologies.
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