"mixed reality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mixed realities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mixed reality (countable and uncountable, plural mixed realities)
  1. The merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations where physical and digital objects coexist and interact. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: hybrid reality, MR Hypernyms: reality Translations (mixed reality): tehostettu todellisuus (Finnish), gemischte Realität [feminine] (German), Mixed Reality [feminine] (German), vermischte Realität [feminine] (German), blandad verklighet (Swedish), mixed reality (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mixed_reality-en-noun-ZpUxITBX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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