XR
Terminologies
PROs and Cons of XR
History
Of XR
Benefit of XR to Jamaican Infrastructure
100

True or False: AR completely blocks out the real world.


False


100


This advantage allows students to learn through simulations and interactive experiences.



Improves education and training


100

This mobile game helped make AR popular worldwide by blending digital content with the real world. What event/year is this?



2016 – Pokémon GO


100


XR can improve this sector by using simulations to help students learn better.



Education


200

This type of reality completely replaces the real environment with a digital one


Virtual Reality


200

This advantage allows people in different locations to work together in the same virtual space.



Remote collaboration


200

XR technologies began improving with better hardware and software in this period.


Around 2018


200


XR helps this sector by allowing virtual building designs and project planning



Construction


300


This technology overlays digital objects onto the real world using devices like phones.


Augmented Reality 

300


This type of XR raises major privacy concerns because it constantly uses cameras to scan and analyze real-world surroundings.


Augmented Reality 

300


This early invention by Ivan Sutherland is considered one of the first head-mounted displays in XR history.



The Sword of Damocles


300


XR supports this by increasing productivity and encouraging innovation in Jamaica.



Economic growth


400


This technology blends the real and virtual world and allows interaction with both at the same time.


Mixed Reality 

400


This disadvantage refers to the limited use of XR in some areas due to lack of access or awareness.



Limited adoption


400

True or False: The terms Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality were officially introduced in the late 20th century.


True


400

This benefit of Extended Reality helps reduce the environmental impact of physical travel by enabling virtual experiences of places without the need to visit them in person.


Sustainable tourism


500

This type of XR not only overlays digital objects onto the real world but also anchors and allows interaction with them in real time within the physical environment.



Mixed Reality 
500


This type of XR requires highly advanced processing power to accurately map and interact with real and virtual objects together.



Mixed Reality


500

This year marked when a mobile AR game by Niantic became a global phenomenon, bringing augmented reality into everyday life by blending digital characters with the real world.


2016

500

This benefit of Extended Reality allows engineers and architects to visualize building designs in 3D within real environments before construction begins.


Improved planning and design accuracy in construction