Thesis Presentation

Synthetic Reality is the next generation form of capture and synthesis of environments. Similar to how audio and video technologies are capable of reproducing sound and images, this project will synthesize any environment by constructing a physical artifact using a form of programmable matter called Claytronics. This artifact will mimic the shape, movement, visual appearance, sound, and tactile qualities of the original object. In this paper we describe our experiments with the first generation of Claytronics framework. We present architecture, design, and evaluation of communication and localization in the first real physical version of Synthetic Reality.

Thesis Committee:
Seth Goldstein, Chair
Todd Mowry