VideoFeedback

Basic setup of videofeedback: a videocamrea, cable, and monitor. Add a tripod if your hands aren't steady.

Results Four classes of behavior: blank screen, pulsations, chaos, and complexity.

David Hagar has generated some interesting fractal videofeedback images by placing a mirror beside the monitor.

With two mirrors we can generate much more complicated fractal images. Additionally, we see how this videofeedback configuration can be understood as IFS.

Some believe these systems are capable of universal computation, that they can model the economy, the origin of life, the acquisition of language, and even consciousness. Stay tuned.

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Basic setup of videofeedback: a videocamrea, cable, and monitor. Add a tripod if your hands aren't steady.
Results Four classes of behavior: blank screen, pulsations, chaos, and complexity.
David Hagar has generated some interesting fractal videofeedback images by placing a mirror beside the monitor.
With two mirrors we can generate much more complicated fractal images. Additionally, we see how this videofeedback configuration can be understood as IFS.
Some believe these systems are capable of universal computation, that they can model the economy, the origin of life, the acquisition of language, and even consciousness. Stay tuned.