Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality

Zhenliang Zhang; Cong Wang; Dongdong Weng; Yue Liu; Yongtian Wang

doi:10.1109/VR.2019.8797970

Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality

Zhenliang Zhang, Cong Wang, Dongdong Weng, Yue Liu, Yongtian Wang

School of Optics and Photonics

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Abstract

In this paper, we review the background of physical reality, virtual reality, and some traditional mixed forms of them. Based on the current knowledge, we propose a new unified concept called symmetrical reality to describe the physical and virtual world in a unified perspective. Under the framework of symmetrical reality, the traditional virtual reality, augmented reality, inverse virtual reality, and inverse augmented reality can be interpreted using a unified presentation. We analyze the characteristics of symmetrical reality from two different observation locations (i.e., from the physical world and from the virtual world), where all other forms of physical and virtual reality can be treated as special cases of symmetrical reality.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1275-1276
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728113777
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797970
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019
Event	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Osaka, Japan Duration: 23 Mar 2019 → 27 Mar 2019

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Name	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings

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Conference	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	23/03/19 → 27/03/19

Keywords

Centered computing
Human
Human computer interaction (HCI)
Interaction paradigmsmixed/augmented reality

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Zhang, Z., Wang, C., Weng, D., Liu, Y., & Wang, Y. (2019). Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality. In 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings (pp. 1275-1276). Article 8797970 (26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797970

Zhang, Zhenliang ; Wang, Cong ; Weng, Dongdong et al. / Symmetrical reality : Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality. 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 1275-1276 (26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings).

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Zhang, Z, Wang, C, Weng, D , Liu, Y & Wang, Y 2019, Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality. in 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings., 8797970, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1275-1276, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019, Osaka, Japan, 23/03/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797970

Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality. / Zhang, Zhenliang; Wang, Cong; Weng, Dongdong et al.
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Zhang Z, Wang C, Weng D , Liu Y , Wang Y. Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality. In 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 1275-1276. 8797970. (26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/VR.2019.8797970

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