Real-time model-based feedback is something that is far from commonplace in today’s world. The basic concept of real-time feedback is to take a physical system, modeled by mathematic equations, and then couple it with a computer as a virtual system.
Sensor monitoring gives the processing logic an idea of how well the real world system is conforming to the theoretical model. The results are processed and yield adjustments (feedback) to the real world system to make it in tune with the theoretical model. The result is that the virtual and real world models converge into a single “mixed reality” system, bridging a the virtual (theoretical) and physical world.
Such an approach holds large benefits for everything from car handling and fuel economy, to better aircraft dynamics and smoother robotic control. To accomplish such useful applications, researchers working on mixed reality had to start simple — real simple.
Hubler thinks that eventually coupling of the real and virtual worlds, may lead to it being hard to tell what is real and what is fake — a topic immortalized by generations of science fiction writers. Hubler worries people may become defensive and paranoid in the real world, based on threats in the virtual world.
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