Ambient Intelligence

Metaverse

A persistent, shared virtual world where users interact through avatars using VR, AR, and other immersive technologies.

Augmented Reality

Technology overlaying digital information onto the real world through devices like smartphones or smart glasses.

Virtual Reality

A simulated experience using headsets to create an immersive, computer-generated three-dimensional environment.

Mixed Reality

Technology blending physical and digital worlds where real and virtual objects co-exist and interact in real time.

Extended Reality

An umbrella term encompassing augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, and all immersive technologies.

Spatial Computing

Technology that enables digital content to interact with the physical world, understanding 3D space and context.

Brain-Computer Interface

A direct communication pathway between the brain's electrical activity and an external computing device.

AI-generated synthetic media where a person's likeness is convincingly replaced or manipulated in images or videos.

An economic system where hydrogen serves as the primary energy carrier for power generation and transportation.

Light Detection and Ranging — a remote sensing method using laser light to measure distances and map environments.

Energy produced by fusing light atomic nuclei, potentially providing nearly limitless clean energy.

Materials engineered with novel properties for superior performance in specific applications.

Using synthetic DNA molecules to encode and store digital data with extreme density and longevity.

The collective behaviour of decentralised, self-organised systems where simple agents following local rules produce emergent intelligent behaviour at the group level.

A cryptographic method enabling multiple parties to jointly compute a function without revealing their individual inputs.