Today I read a paper titled “Experimental evidence for mixed reality states”
The abstract is:
Recently researchers at the University of Illinois coupled a real pendulum to its virtual counterpart
They observed that the two pendulums suddenly start to move in synchrony if their lengths are sufficiently close
In this synchronized state, the boundary between the real system and the virtual system is blurred, that is, the pendulums are in a mixed reality state
An instantaneous, bidirectional coupling is a prerequisite for mixed reality states
In this article we explore the implications of mixed reality states in the context of controlling real-world systems