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spatial computing

US/ˌspeɪʃəl kəmˈpjutɪŋ/

spatial computing noun: a computing paradigm powered by three-dimensional desktop environments, such as an extended reality window manager, usually accessed through wearables such as headsets.

Noun

spatial computing (uncountable)

  1. A computing paradigm powered by three-dimensional desktop environments, such as an extended reality window manager, usually accessed through wearables such as headsets.
    • I define spatial computing as human interaction with a machine in which the machine retains and manipulates referents to real objects and spaces. Ideally, these real objects and spaces have prior significance to the user. For instance, a system that allows users to create virtual forms and install...2003 May 16, Simon Greenwold, Spatial Computing (thesis)
    • Apple insists that its $3,500 Vision Pro ski goggles, which officially debuted Friday, is not virtual reality but “spatial computing.” One problem: No one agrees on the definition of spatial computing. Ask 10 people in technology and you might get 12 different answers. What Apple calls a spatial...2024 February 2, Shira Ovide, “Apple's Vision Pro is 'spatial computing.' Nobody knows what it means”, in Washington Post, retrieved 02 Feb 2024

Examples of spatial computing in a sentence

  • I define spatial computing as human interaction with a machine in which the machine retains and manipulates referents to real objects and spaces.2003 May 16, Simon Greenwold, Spatial Computing (thesis):
  • Coulombe started to tell me that spatial computing and XR are the same — but changed his mind midsentence. […] What is spatial computing, anyway?2024 February 2, Shira Ovide, “Apple's Vision Pro is 'spatial computing.' Nobody knows what it means”, in Washington Post, retrieved 02 Feb...

Questions about spatial computing

What does spatial computing mean?
Spatial computing means a computing paradigm powered by three-dimensional desktop environments, such as an extended reality window manager, usually accessed through wearables such as headsets.
How do you use spatial computing in a sentence?
I define spatial computing as human interaction with a machine in which the machine retains and manipulates referents to real objects and spaces.
What part of speech is spatial computing?
Spatial computing is a noun.
How do you pronounce spatial computing?
Spatial computing is pronounced /ˌspeɪʃəl kəmˈpjutɪŋ/ (US).

Words near spatial computing in the dictionary

  1. spatial
  2. spatial component
  3. spatial components
  4. spatial computer
  5. spatial computers
  6. spatial computing
  7. spatial justice
  8. spatial locale
  9. spatial locales
  10. spatial unmasking
  11. spatial wave function

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