Computer hardware; Integrated computer hardware and software for use in human-computer interaction (HCI), natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and computer vision techniques which is capable of analyzing computer-mediated reality, virtual reality, computer-generated or extracted real-world sensory input such as sound, video, haptics, or GPS data, all of the foregoing relating specifically to cognitive computing technologies for the purpose of giving machines the multi-modal ability to understand information, to learn, to reason, to make decisions, and to act upon the information; Downloadable and recorded software for use in human-computer interaction (HCI), natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and computer vision techniques which is capable of analyzing computer-mediated reality, virtual reality, computer-generated or extracted real-world sensory input such as sound, video, haptics, or GPS data, all of the foregoing relating specifically to cognitive computing technologies for the purpose of giving machines the multi-modal ability to understand information, to learn, to reason, to make decisions, and to act upon the information