Emerging Tech: Terminology & Acronym Guide

○ Spatial Computing – An umbrella term for the more immersive kind of digital experiences within the digital world, it is the engine that drives the core of the experiences, input and output of data from both the processing unit to the users’ vision

○ API – Application Programming Interface, is a computing interface that encompasses interactions between various software intermediaries.

○ CDN – Content Delivery Network

○ Wearable – Something that a user will wear

○ Tethered – A device that needs to be connected to another unit and or power source.

○ FOV – Field of View, how much a user can see

○ Hologram – Interactive 3D object that appears in front of the user

○ Light Field – The ability to capture the depth of a space

○ Spatial Mesh – The visual representation output of a light field that can be seen by the user/computer system

○ Digital Twin – Creating a 3D Model replica of a space or object

○ SDK – Software Development Kit

○ Eye Tracking – Tracking of eye movement on a headset

○ Hand Tracking – Tracking of the hands via a headset

○ Controller – Device held to interact with objects

○ TPU – Tensor Processing Unit – Processing AI-based information such as photos or video

○ A.I. – Artificial Intelligence

○ Machine Learning – Teaching a computer to learn a task

○ Visual Search – Uploading photos and finding similar photos

○ Voice SEO – Conversation Based experience that provides value to business/user