Disruptive Technologies: Big Data, AI, IoT, Games, and Mixed Reality

Dear Colleagues,

The greatest technological changes in our lives are brought about by disruptive technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), games, and mixed reality (MR), which have impacted numerous sectors including healthcare, engineering, business, education, and urban development. This is primarily because of AI’s ability to perform tasks that traditionally require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language processing, recognizing patterns, learning from experience, and making decisions. This capability is a revolutionary shift that brought new concepts such as generative AI, which enables machines to handle complex generative processes; agentic AI, which makes decisions on behalf of humans; and generative XR, which merges the virtual and physical worlds using AI to power games and MR simulations by extending human senses such as vision, hearing, touch, and feel, enabling the brain to perceive the artificial as real. While novel applications strive to create more immersive, engaging, and realistic experiences by leveraging these disruptive technologies, and processing big data with machine learning, we stand on the cusp of a new era where the boundaries between the digital and physical worlds continue to blur. This creates unprecedented opportunities for innovation. In this Special Issue, we aim to highlight how these innovations can reshape the way we live, and are looking for innovative ideas and applications of disruptive technologies that may bring about positive changes in our lives. This Special Issue will include high-quality papers on topics within the broad scope of disruptive technologies. We are pleased to invite you to contribute an original research paper or a comprehensive review article on disruptive technologies for peer review and possible publication, and research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Generative and agentic AI;
• IoT and digital twins;
• Games and gamification;
• Generative XR and MR simulations.

Prof. Dr. Manolya Kavakli-Thorne
Prof. Dr. Marc Daniel
Guest Editors

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• disruptive technologies
• generative AI
• agentic AI
• IoT
• digital twins
• games
• gamification
• gen-erative XR and mixed reality