New Technology Glossary: Difference between revisions
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* Blockchain - distributed digital ledger | * Blockchain - distributed digital ledger | ||
* Cryptocurrency - often referred to as ''crypto'', digital currency | * Cryptocurrency - often referred to as ''crypto'', digital currency typically based on a blockchain | ||
* Nun-fungible Tokens (NFT) - tokens on a ledger which can be used to record ownership of digital items | * Nun-fungible Tokens (NFT) - tokens on a ledger (i.e. blockchain) which can be used to record ownership of digital items | ||
* Decentralization | * Decentralization | ||
* Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) | * Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) | ||
* Federated applications - applications with an open protocol for interaction across different host instances | |||
* Fediverse - an alliance of federated applications: Mastodon (Twitter clone), Lemmy (Reddit clone), Matrix (Discord clone) | |||
==Virtual and Augmented Reality== | ==Virtual and Augmented Reality== | ||
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* eXtended Reality (XR) - catch all for AR, VR, and MR | * eXtended Reality (XR) - catch all for AR, VR, and MR | ||
* Metaverse - A large virtual world or combination of multiple virtual worlds. | * Metaverse - A large virtual world or combination of multiple virtual worlds. | ||
* Hologram - A photorealistic virtual avatar or character. Or | * Hologram - A photorealistic virtual avatar or character. Or an image produced by a holographic display. | ||
* Spatial computing - Apple's own word for XR. | |||
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* VR Headset or Head-mounted Display (HMD) | * VR Headset or Head-mounted Display (HMD) | ||
* Stereoscopic VR | * Stereoscopic VR - recording and displaying different views between the left and right eyes. | ||
* Panoramic/180/360 | * Panoramic/180/360 - images or video with a extremely wide field of view, up to the full 360 degrees which captures every direction. | ||
* Omnidirectional Stereo (ODS) | * Omnidirectional Stereo (ODS) - a special type of 360 video which enables stereo viewing in any direction. | ||
* Foveated Rendering | * Foveated Rendering - a type of rendering which prioritizes the user's gaze position and deprioritizes the peripheral for higher quality and performance. | ||
===List of Metaverse=== | ===List of Metaverse=== | ||
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==Artificial Intelligence== | ==Artificial Intelligence== | ||
* Computer Vision - area of research for understanding images and videos | * Computer Vision (CV) - area of research for understanding images and videos | ||
* Natural Language Processing - area of research for understanding language | * Natural Language Processing (NLP) - area of research for understanding language | ||
* Robotics | * Robotics - planning and control, typically involving CV and RL, for drones, self-driving, humanoids. | ||
* Big Data - large sets of data, possibly high-dimensional, which | * Big Data - large sets of data, possibly high-dimensional, which are used to train neural network models | ||
* Reinforcement Learning (RL) - learning which actions to perform (policy) to achieve a goal (reward maximization), typically in games | |||
* Generative models - anything that outputs text, images, or sounds. (e.g. LLMs, GANs, Diffusion models) | |||