Qubi is gesture-driven. There are only three you need to learn, and each one maps to a fundamental operation in quantum computing.
- Twist to apply a gate.
- Bump to entangle two Qubis.
- Shake to measure.
Gates · Twist
Gates are twists on Qubi
Watch as the dot and colors rotate around the sphere. That's all a gate does!
For example, the X gate is just a 180° rotation around the X axis.
Entangling gates · Bump
Entanglements are bumps between two Qubis
You can change which kind of entanglement a bump performs, but that's for advanced users.
Measurements · Shake
Measurements are shakes on Qubi
Every quantum program ends with a measurement. In the lab that’s a detector; with Qubi it’s a quick shake. If you've set your 'executor' to a real quantum computer, this will trigger a job!
What's next?
Once you're comfortable with the gestures, the next step is to send your circuit to a real quantum computer.