a strategic infrastructure project aiming to support research thatadvances the development of immersive, user-aware, and intelligentdigital environments by integrating augmented reality (AR),virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence(AI), and machine learning (ML). By combining virtual reality andcommunication-computing continuums, the HINTS environmentseeks to create innovative concepts, methods, and tools that empowerusers to engage with digital systems in novel, efficient, andeffective ways. Research in the HINTS laboratory focuses on experienceassessment, new digital environments and interaction techniques,visual analytics, adaptive AI, and networking. This paperpresents the HINTS laboratory, ongoing activities, and opportunitiesand challenges for the future.