"XR is an umbrella term that represents Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), Desktop VR, and other potential virtual technologies that may not be mentioned here."
VR is generally used to refer to an immersive environment, wherein the idea is to make the users feel like they are in a different environment (the simulated one). Commonly, a headset (aka- head-mounted display or HMD) or headset) is to used to experience this immersive world, which is a computer-generated virtual environment. Just like we use keyboard and mouse to interact with our PC, we can use hand-held controllers (aka controllers) to navigate within this 3D world and select/interact with the 3D object therein.