VR system lets you walk your greenhouse without leaving the couch

VR system lets you walk your greenhouse without leaving the couch

Real plant, left, and its digital twin, right: the system photographs each specimen and places it as a 3D object in the virtual environment, updated in real time via IoT sensors

Imagine putting on a VR headset and suddenly finding yourself standing between rows of tomato plants. You can walk the aisles, crouch beside a struggling seedling, and check its soil moisture and temperature in real time. That’s the idea behind a system developed by engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York: a digital twin, or live 3D replica synchronized with real-world sensors, that links your physical greenhouse to a virtual one you can access anywhere.

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Category: Virtual Reality, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: VR, Agriculture, Binghamton University, Plants, Artificial Intelligence, Digital twin