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DefinitionMixed reality (複合現実) is the Japanese term for MR; both refer to the same technology.
ExplanationIt is a translation of the English Mixed Reality. The first word of the Japanese name means "compound", reflecting how two different things, the real and the virtual, are combined and treated as a single space.
Memory hook"Compound" means combining several things into one. Just as a multifunction printer puts printing and copying in one machine, MR puts the real and the virtual in one space.