Mirror world

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Short description: Digital representation as a software model of real-world environments

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 software model of real human environments and their workings.[1] It is very similar to the concept of a digital twin.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. Roush, Wade (2007-06-18). "Second Earth". https://www.technologyreview.com/2007/06/18/272040/second-earth/. 
  2. Kelly, Kevin (2019-12-02). "AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform—Call It Mirrorworld". https://www.wired.com/story/mirrorworld-ar-next-big-tech-platform/. 
  3. Gelernter, D. Mirror Worlds: The Day Software Puts the Universe In a Shoebox... How it Will Happen and What It Will Mean?, 1991.