8. Glossary of Acronyms

AI – Artificial Intelligence

AR – Augmented Reality

DDS – Data Distribution Service (OMG standard middleware)

GSMA – GSM Association (global mobile industry group)

IMU – Inertial Measurement Unit

IoT – Internet of Things

MR – Mixed Reality

MSF – Metaverse Standards Forum

NeRF – Neural Radiance Field (neural representation of 3D scenes)

OGC – Open Geospatial Consortium

OMG – Object Management Group (standards body for DDS)

ROS – Robot Operating System

SfM – Structure from Motion

SLAM – Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

VIO – Visual-Inertial Odometry

VLM – Vision-Language Model

VPS – Visual Positioning Service

VR – Virtual Reality

W3C – World Wide Web Consortium

XR – Extended Reality (umbrella term including AR, VR, MR)