VR
AR
MR
Applications
Ethics
100

You need this device to enter the virtual world.

What is a headset?

100

This can be used to access Augmented Reality (only one needed)

What are tablets, phones or specialized glasses

100

MR combines these two worlds, allowing digital objects to feel like they’re part of the real environment.

What are the real and virtual worlds?

100

Immersive tech is used in this field to give fun experiences.

What is the entertainment industry?

100

Some people worry that immersive tech could change this part of a person’s mind, like thoughts or feelings

What is mental state?

200

This person created the one of the first examples of virtual reality technology.

Who is Ivan Sutherland?

200

AR overlays digital elements onto this, enhancing what you see around you.

What is the real world?

200

MR is used in this field to let people see their designs before building them.

What is architecture?

200

This industry uses immersive tech to allow people to see their product before buying them

What is retail?

200

This term describes the issue where not everyone has access to immersive technology.

What is accessibility?

300

This was the name of the first VR headset

What is the Sword of Damocles?

300

AR allows students to see these in 3D, like planets or the human body, helping them learn more interactively.

What are models?

300

MR helps doctors do this to a part of a patient’s body, allowing for a closer look and better understanding during treatment.

What is examine?

300

This field uses VR to train people to perform complex medical procedures before operating on actual patients.

What is healthcare?

300

This is a big concern in XR because devices might share people’s personal information without asking them first.

What is privacy? 

400

This feature makes VR feel more real by adding sounds from different directions.

What is spatial audio?

400

AR is commonly used in this industry to aid in travelling by overlaying directions.

What is transportation (or navigation)?

400

In MR, digital objects don’t just stay in place; users can do this with them, such as moving or walking around them, making the experience feel more real.

What is interact?

400

This job field utilizes MR technology for tactical training and simulation of combat scenarios.

What is the military?

400

This ethical concern relates to the risk of immersive technologies creating educational inequalities.

What is Digital Divide?

500

In this decade, VR began to lose popularity and was seen by some as a “failed idea.”

What is the 2000s?

500

AR became more widely used and popular in this decade.

What is the 2010s?

500

MR is different from AR because it lets real and digital objects do this together

What is co-exist

500

By 2024, the immersive tech industry is expected to be worth this much.

What is $41 billion?

500

This ethical challenge involves inappropriate behavior and interactions within a virtual environment

What is Harassment?