Distinguishing Multidimensional Applications (MA) from Cross-Platform Technologies

Further Defining Multidimensional Applications

Previously, I’ve introduced the concept of multidimensional applications (MA) – a new software paradigm transcending device-centric approaches. Now I aim to provide more depth on what distinguishes MA from existing cross-platform technologies.

The core differentiation of MA is enabling much deeper integration with real-world data along with simultaneous utilization across users and systems. Rather than just accessing an app interface on different devices, MA incorporates live inputs from sensors, robots, and IoT to make experiences dynamic.

Additionally, multiple people and machines can leverage MA in parallel in coordinated ways tailored to their capabilities. For example, an engineer, an AI, and a robot could all interact with the same MA autonomously to complement one another.

This multifaceted interactivity across technologies, locations, and users is core to MA. The applications become versatile hubs where many spokes of activity converge to create value greater than isolated efforts.

To make this more tangible, imagine a smart home MA that monitors real-time data on temperature, humidity, and occupancy detection. It surfaces this data to users via a dashboard on screens throughout the home. But it also automatically adjusts connected HVAC systems and lighting.

A user wearing AR glasses could visualize 3D airflow vectors and temperature zones mapped across rooms, seeing airflow pathways and temperatures through walls. This allows for identifying inefficiencies. An HVAC technician could leverage the MA’s AI to highlight on the AR display where it estimates pipes are clogged based on temperature data. The same MA would control the networked HVAC system. This multifaceted data fusion and control enables both homeowners and professionals to monitor and optimize systems through a unified MA.

While cross-platform apps have focused primarily on accessibility, MA realizes the next evolution – where agency, autonomy, and interactivity are distributed across humans, machines, and realities. This multidimensional synergy unlocks new horizons.

MA remains in its early stages, but the possibilities are profound – from revolutionizing remote collaboration to redefining human-computer interaction. I believe MA represents the vanguard of the next major wave of software innovation. The future is multi-dimensional.