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Virtual Reality Terminology

What do “augmented virtuality,” “extended reality,” “social virtual reality” and “spatial augmented reality” have in common? They are terms representing concepts in the field of virtual reality. Would you like to know more about them? Read on.

The Translation Bureau, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization, prepared records in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese in the field of virtual reality. Many of the terms featured on these records were validated by Canadian subject-field experts. These records can be identified by the subject field “Collaboration with WIPO” in TERMIUM Plus® and are now available for consultation.