Mirror world
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A Mirror World is a representation of the real world in digital form. It attempts to map real-world structures in a geographically accurate way. Mirror worlds offer a utalitarian software model of real human environments and their workings .
The term differs from virtual worlds in that these have no direct connections to real models and thus are described as fictions, while mirror worlds are connected to real models and lay nearer to non-fiction. It's closely related to Augmented Reality
but a mirror world can be seen as an autonomous manifestation of digitalized reality including virtual elements or other forms in which information and is embedded.
The term in relation to digital media is coined by Yale University computer scientist David Gelernter
. He first speaks of a hypothetical mirror world in 1991.
and Microsoft Virtual Earth are examples of 3D mirror worlds.
Open geocoding standards allow users to contribute to mirror worlds. Thus it's possible to make your own geographical data appear as a new "layer" on your computers copy of a mirror world.
The term differs from virtual worlds in that these have no direct connections to real models and thus are described as fictions, while mirror worlds are connected to real models and lay nearer to non-fiction. It's closely related to Augmented Reality
Augmented reality
Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...
but a mirror world can be seen as an autonomous manifestation of digitalized reality including virtual elements or other forms in which information and is embedded.
The term in relation to digital media is coined by Yale University computer scientist David Gelernter
David Gelernter
David Hillel Gelernter is a professor of computer science at Yale University. In the 1980s, he made seminal contributions to the field of parallel computation, specifically the tuple space coordination model, as embodied by the Linda programming system...
. He first speaks of a hypothetical mirror world in 1991.
Examples
Programmes such as Google EarthGoogle Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
and Microsoft Virtual Earth are examples of 3D mirror worlds.
Open geocoding standards allow users to contribute to mirror worlds. Thus it's possible to make your own geographical data appear as a new "layer" on your computers copy of a mirror world.
External links
- Second Earth by Roush, W. http://files.harc.edu/WWW/About/Internships/2007/TechnologyReviewArticle.pdf