Mixed Reality

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.

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.

Ambient Intelligence

Electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people, adapting to their needs.

A single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice with extraordinary electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties.

Technology that captures and converts ambient energy from the environment into usable electrical power.

Technology that protects data during processing by performing computations in hardware-based trusted execution environments.

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

AI systems that can create new content including text, images, music, code, and video from learned patterns.

Using biological materials and systems to perform computational operations and information processing.

The online representation of an individual comprising their attributes, credentials, and digital footprint.

Technologies that protect personal data and privacy while allowing useful data processing and analysis.