Special Issue: Extended Reality in Design and Manufacturing

Abstract

Extended Reality (XR) is a collective term that contains Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and everything in between. VR is an immersive technology that allows users to interact within a computer-generated 3D virtual environment. AR enhances the user's situational awareness (SA) by superimposing virtual content onto a real scene. MR is a step beyond AR by combining physical reality with digital content in a way that enables real-time interaction with and among real and virtual elements. In the business world, a similarly captivating term, metaverse, indicates a single, universal, and immersive virtual world focused on social and economic connections facilitated by the use of XR technologies [1].