Tag: vision systems
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How a Scientific Sandbox Sheds Light on the Evolution of Vision Systems
Introduction: A New Way to Study the Eyes We Have The evolution of vision is a long, tangled story shaped by environmental pressures, anatomy, and the physics of light. Scientists have long studied how eyes—from the simple light-sensitive patches on ancient organisms to the complex camera-like eyes of humans—came to be. A new computational framework…
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A Scientific Sandbox Reveals How Vision Systems Evolved
A Scientific Sandbox for Vision Evolution Researchers at MIT have introduced a computational framework described as a “scientific sandbox”—a flexible environment that lets scientists simulate and study the environmental pressures that shape the evolution of vision. By creating virtual worlds with controllable lighting, textures, motion patterns, and ecological demands, the framework enables the systematic exploration…