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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎. The last three !voters in this discussion seem have either a conflict of interest or few contributions outside this topic area, so I am downweighting their comments accordingly. However, the nomination seems to have been procedural, made on behalf of another editor without a strong argument for deletion; nor was such an argument supplied in the discussion. The arguments and sources presented by MarioGom and LEvalyn convincingly show that this is a real concept with a broader definition than "augmented reality" and were not refuted. As such, I see a rough consensus to keep. (non-admin closure) Toadspike [Talk] 12:06, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended reality

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Taking to AFD as a courtesy for further consensus. Whether this topic is genuinely distinct from virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality has been disputed by an editor. The editor has attempted to make WP:BOLD mergers of this page into augmented reality, under an argument that the topic of "extended reality" is only synonymous with augmented reality, and that "pages should represent real things, rather than concepts that only exist in academia". ViperSnake151  Talk  01:06, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is not about your opinion (or anyone else's), it's about what reliable sources say. Liz Read! Talk! 19:46, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Chippla ✍️ - Best Regards 09:04, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Convert to disambiguation page. After all, Extended reality is a GROUP of things, and that's what a disambiguation page is for, I think. I have made a draft for it. SeaDragon1 (talk) 14:11, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, not as a DAB. I find quite a lot of high-quality scholarly sourcing that assesses XR overall. See [1] [2] [3] [4]. They are especially common for subject specific applications, like education, medicine, spines, and architecture. I agree that it's an umbrella concept for VR/AR/MR, but one of the key goals of an umbrella concept is that it allows us to discuss a group all at once; since there are sources about XR at the big-umbrella level, they give the topic standalone notability. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:29, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 08:52, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, as it is well-established. At IEEE, we're switching from a wide-range of different realities (augmented reality, mediated reality, mixed reality, digital reality, etc.) to XR as an overarching concept that includes all of these and more. It has been 34 years since Charles Wyckoff and I introduced eXtended Reality and eXtended Intelligence at MIT based on his work dating back to the mid century, and by now it has taken root in numerous industries, products, and new disciplines and fields of research. Originally, Wyckoff and I envisioned XR/XI as extending human senses and human intelligence, not just mixing or augmenting. For example, XR allows us to see sound waves, see radio waves, and even see the capacity of sensors to see (i.e. metavision, metaveillography, and metaveillogrammetry, sensing sensors and sensing their capacity to sense). These concepts include, but also go beyond, what's provided by the other realities. In addition to numerous books, papers, journals, conferences, and symposia on XR, there's a whole industry around it that includes industry standards in IEEE, ACM, and many other organizations. Glogger (talk) 18:34, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Given that Wikipedia values verifiability and the accurate representation of significant topics, the Extended Reality (XR) page should be kept. XR is widespread in industry, with many of the large technology corporations mentioning extended reality usecases at some of their largest conferences (CES and Google I/O). XR has been implemented for showcases and real-life applications. [1]Other manifestations of XR include healthcare (surgical visualization, therapy), education (virtual labs, immersive learning), engineering (digital twins, remote assistance), and entertainment (gaming, live events, virtual concerts). The term which encompasses AR, VR, and MR, ought to exist as a Wikipedia page, especially as it outlines a distinct and growing area of technology that is widely referenced in industry, academia, and media, and serves as an essential point of reference for understanding the current landscape and future of immersive technologies. A "superset" of various crucial advancements in technology that augment the experiences of individuals, and which is also widely referenced in media and academia, ought to have a Wikipedia page. Vicola23 (talk) 21:23, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The page was missing key references that defined the field clearly. Now some are added. It looks like some confusion was cleared up looking at the recent history. This article could stand to be improved more and have more subsections. It doesn't make sense to merge this into Augmented Reality when there are specific issues for XR involving human-in-the-loop and machine-in-the-loop that relate to VR and MR as well.Rianoj 03:22, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann_(inventor)
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