Everything about Spatial computing
Computing paradigm emphasizing 3D spatial interaction with technology
Spatial computing refers to 3D human–computer interaction techniques that are perceived by users as taking place in the real world, in and around their bodies and physical environments, instead of constrained to and perceptually behind computer screens or in purely virtual worlds. This concept inverts the long-standing practice of teaching people to interact with computers in digital environments, and instead teaches computers to better understand and interact with people more naturally in the human world. This concept overlaps with and encompasses others including extended reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, natural user interface, contextual computing, affective computing, and ubiquitous computing. The usage for labeling and discussing these adjacent technologies is imprecise. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Spatial computingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Working memory control dynamics follow principles of spatial computingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Statistical methods for spatial data analysisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: spag e d i: a versatile computer program to analyse spatial genetic structure at the individual or population levelsCited 3,192 times
- Go sideways: Augmented realityA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Windows Mixed RealityA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A computing paradigm powered by three-dimensional desktop environments, such as an extended reality window manager, usually accessed through wearables such as headsets.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
spag e d i: a versatile computer program to analyse spatial genetic structure at the individual or population levels
Plasmonic computing of spatial differentiation
Spatial cloud computing: how can the geospatial sciences use and help shape cloud computing?
Meta‐optics for spatial optical analog computing
Linear Optical Quantum Computing in a Single Spatial Mode
Spatial computing
Method for computing spatial pulse response: Time-domain approach
Computing environments for spatial data analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
Working memory control dynamics follow principles of spatial computing
Spatial Computing and Intuitive Interaction: Bringing Mixed Reality and Robotics Together
Efficient Privacy-Preserving Spatial Data Query in Cloud Computing
Temporal-spatial three-way granular computing for dynamic text sentiment classification
Innovative food supply chain through spatial computing technologies: A review
📚 Books worth reading
Statistical methods for spatial data analysisOliver Schabenberger, Carol A. Gotway · 2004
Geocomputation with RRobin Lovelace, Jakub Nowosad · 2019
Spatial data analysis in ecology and agriculture using RRichard E. Plant · 2012
Representation and processing of spatial expressionsPatrick Olivier, Klaus-Peter Gapp · 1998
Applied Spatial Statistics and EconometricsKatarzyna Kopczewska · 2020- 📕Computational Approaches to Archaeological SpacesAndrew Bevan, Mark Lake · 2013
- 📕Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis and MappingChris Brunsdon, Lex Comber · 2014
Spatial Temporal Information SystemsLinda M. McNeil · 2013
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