Xtended Reality

eXtended Reality is an ExTenD OS interface system based on augmented reality, or AR. Instead of using specialized smartglasses to view and hear an augmented reality interface, eXtended reality makes use of the New Real itself to display XR interfaces called Widgets. XR is set to be private by default, in which case only the user who summoned the interface will be able to see it, or to public, in which case everyone - even those without any eyewear - will be able to see it.

Access to XR requires the use of Eyeware; glasses, goggles or contact lenses that mark the wearer as an XR user. The user can then interact with eXtended Reality windows originating from their ExTenD OS user account.

While Eyeware is required to summon XR interfaces, anyone can interact with publically-viewable XR menus, including to close the menu if it's getting in the way.

While some Gizmos have been created to make use of Xtended Reality, current use of the technology is limited to simple functions like a virtual paper map of a single city or a desktop-style computer interface. Most of the technology's potential since being first imagined by Lyman Frank Baum in The Master Key (1901 AD) has yet to be realized. The first Gizmos making use of XR on Gaia were not available until 12016, and electronic XR devices are still mostly interesting prototypes like the Quill Lens than a practical device.