Symmetrical Reality Project

Mar 27, 2019

SR Concept

Symmetrical reality is a new area for human-robot interaction across physical and virtual worlds.

Symmetrical Reality

Zhenliang Zhang

Research Scientist of AI

My research interests include wearable computing, machine learning, Cognitive Reasoning, and mixed/virtual reality.

Publications

[VR 2024] On the Emergence of Symmetrical Reality

In this paper, we introduce the symmetrical reality framework, which offers a unified representation encompassing various forms of physical-virtual amalgamations.

Zhenliang Zhang, Zeyu Zhang, Ziyuan Jiao, Yao Su, Hangxin Liu, Wei Wang, Song-Chun Zhu

[VR 2024] On the Emergence of Symmetrical Reality

[UIST 2023] Neighbor-Environment Observer: An Intelligent Agent for Immersive Working Companionship

In this paper, we propose a joint observation strategy for artificial agents to support users across virtual and physical environments.

Zhe Sun, Qixuan Liang, Meng Wang, Zhenliang Zhang

[UIST 2023] Neighbor-Environment Observer: An Intelligent Agent for Immersive Working Companionship

[VR 2023] Building symmetrical reality systems for cooperative manipulation

In this paper, we discuss the symmetrical reality-based human-robot interaction and show the general pipeline of building the symmetrical reality system with two minds.

Zhenliang Zhang

[VR 2023] Building symmetrical reality systems for cooperative manipulation

[VR 2021] Symmetrical cognition between physical humans and virtual agents

In this paper, we discuss the cognition problem from some perspectives, i.e., attention, perception, pattern recognition, and communication.

Zhenliang Zhang

[VR 2021] Symmetrical cognition between physical humans and virtual agents

[ISMAR 2020] Machine intelligence matters: Rethink human-robot collaboration based on symmetrical reality

We introduce the contents of the symmetrical reality-based human-robot collaboration and interpret the humanrobot collaboration from the perspective of equivalent interaction.

Zhenliang Zhang, Xuejiao Wang

[ISMAR 2020] Machine intelligence matters: Rethink human-robot collaboration based on symmetrical reality

[ISMAR 2020] Understanding physical common sense in symmetrical reality

We emphasize the bi-directional mechanical control within the symmetrical reality framework and why free wills of machines can break the common sense.

Zhenliang Zhang

[ISMAR 2020] Understanding physical common sense in symmetrical reality

[VR 2019] Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality

In this paper, we review the background of physical reality, virtual reality, and some traditional mixed forms of them. Based on the …

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

[VR 2019] Symmetrical reality: Toward a unified framework for physical and virtual reality

[ISMAR 2018] Inverse augmented reality: A virtual agent's perspective

We propose a framework called inverse augmented reality (IAR) which describes the scenario that a virtual agent living in the virtual …

Zhenliang Zhang, Dongdong Weng, Haiyan Jiang, Yue Liu, Yongtian Wang

[ISMAR 2018] Inverse augmented reality: A virtual agent's perspective

[VR 2018] Inverse virtual reality: Intelligence-driven mutually mirrored world

Since artificial intelligence has been integrated into virtual reality, a new branch of virtual reality, which is called inverse …

Zhenliang Zhang, Benyang Cao, Jie Guo, Dongdong Weng, Yue Liu, Yongtian Wang

[VR 2018] Inverse virtual reality: Intelligence-driven mutually mirrored world