Omnimodal · Architecture Map

Omnimodal Map

Explore how perception, shared representations, memory, reasoning, tools, world models, and actions can connect inside an omnimodal AI system.

TextVisionAudio Video3DSensors Actions

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Perception

Text & Documents

Instructions, dialogue, code, documents, metadata and structured information.

Perception

Vision

Images, screenshots, charts, scenes, objects and visual relationships.

Perception

Audio & Speech

Speech, acoustic events, prosody, streaming audio and environmental sound.

Perception

Video

Motion, events, sequence, temporal context and changing environments.

Perception

3D & Spatial

Depth, geometry, maps, scene structure, pose and object relationships.

Perception

Sensors

Cameras, lidar, radar, GPS, inertial data, telemetry and physical state.

Representation

Shared Representation

A common semantic layer that connects information across modalities.

Representation

Grounding

Links outputs to observed, retrieved or sensed evidence.

Representation

Memory

Preserves task state, observations, events and relevant multimodal context over time.

Representation

Context

Selects which multimodal information should remain available for the current task.

Reasoning

Cross-Modal Reasoning

Combines evidence from different modalities and detects agreement or contradiction.

Reasoning

Temporal Reasoning

Understands order, duration, change, sequence and prediction over time.

Reasoning

Spatial Reasoning

Understands position, depth, geometry, movement and physical relationships.

Reasoning

World Models

Represent environment state, dynamics and possible consequences of actions.

Agency

Agents

Maintain goals, state and execution loops across modalities and time.

Agency

Tools

Search, APIs, code, databases, enterprise systems and external capabilities.

Agency

Actions

Changes to software, devices, machines or physical environments.

Agency

Physical AI

Connects multimodal perception and reasoning to embodied action in the real world.

Assurance

Validation

Checks grounding, consistency, timing, spatial correctness, robustness and action quality.

Assurance

Observability

Tracks modalities, model calls, routing, memory, tools, failures and actions.

Assurance

Interoperability

Connects specialized models, tools and infrastructure across common interfaces.

Assurance

Control

Permissions, escalation, human override and safe operating boundaries.

Conceptual flow: Perception → shared representation → memory/context → reasoning/world model → agents/tools → actions → validation/observability → updated state.

Three ways to build omnimodal systems

Unified modelOne model handles multiple modalities directly within a shared architecture.
Orchestrated specialistsDifferent models handle vision, audio, language or other modalities and are coordinated by an orchestration layer.
Hybrid systemA general multimodal model is combined with specialist models, tools, retrieval, memory and world models.
Embodied stackPerception, world modeling, reasoning and action are connected to sensors and physical systems.