Damn, there goes my idea. The other day I wondered how far you could go by embedding classical and neural filters in plastic sheets, to make a "magic lens" that does some img2img transformation in real time. E.g. pixelizing should be relatively simple, but I wonder if you could go as far as transforming a small image classifier (say, "cat" vs. "hot dog") into a physical object, to create a passive "lens" that turns incoming light into words ("cat", "hot dog", "N/A")? Feels like it should be doable.
Anyway, thanks for the link; I'll study the paper and look up at the references.
Anyway, thanks for the link; I'll study the paper and look up at the references.