Virtual or augmediated topological sculpting, manipulation, creation, or interaction with devices, objects, materials, or other entities

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one light receiver configured to sense light in a real-world environment of the apparatus;

at least one head-mounted output display;

at least one computational device communicatively coupled to at least one spatial imaging device and the at least one head-mounted output display, wherein the at least one computational device is configured to execute program instructions that cause the at least one computational device to perform a method comprising:

receiving data representing the light sensed by the at least one light receiver from a plurality of locations on a moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the moving object;

generating a virtual object representing the light sensed from the plurality of locations on the moving object at the multiple locations of the moving object;

generating an image of the virtual object; and

displaying the image of the virtual object on the at least one head-mounted output display.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

determining positions of the moving object in the real-world environment with respect to a fixed object in the real-world environment;

determining a position of the apparatus with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment;

generating a coordinate transformation between the positions of the moving object in the real-world environment and the position of the apparatus based on the determined positions of the moving object in the real-world environment with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment and the determined position of the apparatus with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment; and

generating the image of the virtual object according to the generated coordinate transformation.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data representing light sensed by the at least one light receiver from the plurality of locations on the moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the moving object is first data representing first light in a first frequency band, the method further comprising:

receiving second data representing second light sensed by the at least one light receiver from a plurality of locations on a second moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the second moving object, wherein the second frequency band is different from the first frequency band;

generating a second virtual object representing the second light sensed from the plurality of locations on the second moving object at the multiple locations of the second moving object;

generating an image of the second virtual object; and

displaying the image of the second virtual object on the at least one head-mounted output display.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , the method further comprising:

generating the image of the virtual object in a first color; and

generating the image of the second virtual object in a second color;

wherein the second color is different from the first color.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the virtual object comprises at least one of:

text;

graphics; or

shapes.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the virtual object is a virtual N-dimensional manifold.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light sensed by the at least one light receiver is at least one of:

visible light; and

infrared light.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of locations on the moving object are sources of the light.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

at least one light source;

wherein the plurality of locations on the moving object are reflectors; and

wherein the light sensed by the at least one light receiver is light transmitted by the at least one light source and reflected by the reflectors.

10. A method, comprising:

sensing, by at least one light receiver, light in a real-world environment of the light receiver;

receiving, by at least one computational device communicatively coupled to at least one spatial imaging device and at least one head-mounted output display, data representing the light sensed by the at least one light receiver from a plurality of locations on a moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the moving object;

generating, by the at least one computational device, a virtual object representing the light sensed from the plurality of locations on the moving object at the multiple locations of the moving object;

generating, by the at least one computational device, an image of the virtual object; and

displaying, by the at least one head-mounted output display, the image of the virtual object on the at least one head-mounted output display.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining, by the at least one computational device, positions of the moving object in the real-world environment with respect to a fixed object in the real-world environment;

determining, by the at least one computational device, a position of the apparatus with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment;

generating, by the at least one computational device, a coordinate transformation between the positions of the moving object in the real-world environment and the position of the apparatus based on the determined positions of the moving object in the real-world environment with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment and the determined position of the apparatus with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment; and

generating, by the at least one computational device, the image of the virtual object according to the generated coordinate transformation.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the data representing light sensed by the at least one light receiver from the plurality of locations on the moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the moving object is first data representing first light in a first frequency band, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one computational device, second data representing second light sensed by the at least one light receiver from a plurality of locations on a second moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the second moving object, wherein the second frequency band is different from the first frequency band;

generating, by the at least one computational device, a second virtual object representing the second light sensed from the plurality of locations on the second moving object at the multiple locations of the second moving object;

generating, by the at least one computational device, an image of the second virtual object; and

displaying, by the at least one head-mounted output display, the image of the second virtual object on the at least one head-mounted output display.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating, by the at least one computational device, the image of the virtual object in a first color; and

generating, by the at least one computational device, the image of the second virtual object in a second color;

wherein the second color is different from the first color.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the virtual object comprises at least one of:

text;

graphics; or

shapes.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the virtual object is a virtual N-dimensional manifold.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by one or more hardware processors of at least one computational device communicatively coupled to at least one spatial imaging device and at least one head-mounted output display, the machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving data representing light sensed by at least one light receiver from a plurality of locations on a moving object in a real-world environment of the at least one light receiver at multiple locations of the moving object;

generating a virtual object representing the light sensed from the plurality of locations on the moving object at the multiple locations of the moving object;

generating an image of the virtual object; and

causing the at least one head-mounted output display to display the image of the virtual object on the at least one head-mounted output display.

17. The medium of claim 16 , the method further comprising:

determining positions of the moving object in the real-world environment with respect to a fixed object in the real-world environment;

determining a position of the apparatus with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment;

generating a coordinate transformation between the positions of the moving object in the real-world environment and the position of the apparatus based on the determined positions of the moving object in the real-world environment with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment and the determined position of the apparatus with respect to the fixed object in the real-world environment; and

generating the image of the virtual object according to the generated coordinate transformation.

18. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the data representing light sensed by the at least one light receiver from the plurality of locations on the moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the moving object is first data representing first light in a first frequency band, the method further comprising:

receiving second data representing second light sensed by the at least one light receiver from a plurality of locations on a second moving object in the real-world environment at multiple locations of the second moving object, wherein the second frequency band is different from the first frequency band;

generating a second virtual object representing the second light sensed from the plurality of locations on the second moving object at the multiple locations of the second moving object;

generating an image of the second virtual object; and

causing the at least one head-mounted output display to display the image of the second virtual object on the at least one head-mounted output display.

19. The medium of claim 18 , the method further comprising:

generating the image of the virtual object in a first color; and

generating the image of the second virtual object in a second color;

wherein the second color is different from the first color.

20. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the virtual object comprises at least one of:

text;

graphics; or

shapes.