Laser intensity scan of UCF’s Biological Sciences Building. Learn more about this project at ChronoPoints or SENSEable Design Lab. (Image courtesy of Joseph Kider and Lori Walters)

In a time already dominated by screens, the idea of a virtual persistent world, like the metaverse, may seem like too much tech for humanity to handle. But rather than seeing digital worlds as a replacement for reality, UCF researchers see them as replications that can be integrated naturally with a technology called digital twin.