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We're making significant breakthroughs and developing new technologies to build a brighter future in this ever-complex world.

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We're making significant breakthroughs and developing new technologies to build a brighter future in this ever-complex world.

In the Future and Emerging Technologies theme blog, our experts discuss topics including virtual reality, technology trends, cosmology and media.

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Towards an International Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence - Foreword

28 September 2021 8 min read

Professor Adrian Hopgood writes on Artificial Intelligence in the Foreword for new book, Towards an International Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence

The worlds data explained - how much were producing and where its all stored

30 April 2021 6 min read

Dr Melvin Vopson writes on the history and evolution of information and data storage

Creative students use new CCIXR technology Nearly all courses in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries will be able to take advantage of the immersive technologies

09 March 2021 4 min read

Discover how students in our Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries are taking advantage of access to our Centre for Creative and Immersive eXtended Reality (CCIXR).

Seven male students from the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries with a Aircraft Carrier in the background

Making extended reality real: Building the Centre for Creative and Immersive XR Pippa Bostock, business and development project manager at University of Portsmouth, on the £5.2m CCIXR development

07 January 2021 Pippa Bostock 7 mins read

The recent investment in the CCIXR, in partnership with Solent Local Enterprise Partnership and HM Government, will meet the needs our students and industry.

University staff launching the Centre for Creative and Immersive XR

Major quantum computational breakthrough is shaking up physics and maths Examining the benefits and challenges of quantum computing as it advances

14 August 2020 Dr Ittay Weiss 6 min read

Ittay Weiss, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Portsmouth writes for The Conversation on the advances in quantum computing

How to stargaze from home Dr Jen Gupta reveals easy ways to explore the night sky while in lockdown

28 May 2020 5 min read

Astrophysicist Jen Gupta shares her top tips for exploring the night sky while in lockdown

Lyrid Meteor Shower over Portsmouth via Shutterstock

Virtual reality can improve conservation and bring ancient cities back to life A shift toward using virtual technologies as preservation methods to document historic sites and provide educational opportunities has taken place in recent years, explains Dr Tarek Teba for The Conversation

27 February 2020 4 min read

Tarek Teba, lecturer in Architecture, at the University of Portsmouth, writes for The Conversation about the possibility for digital reconstruction of ancient cities.