1. A computer-implemented process for creating a physical three dimensional (3D) topological surface from one or more images, comprising: receiving a depth image of a surface to be replicated; determining depth information at a dense distribution of points corresponding to points in the depth image so that the physical 3D topological surface that is replicated reflects the surface to be replicated; feeding the depth information to actuators on sliding shafts in an array so that each sliding shaft is adjusted to the depth in the depth image to create the physical 3D topological surface that changes in real time as the surface to be replicated changes; verifying the created physical 3D topological surface by comparing a depth image of the created physical 3D topological surface to a depth image of the surface to be replicated; and correcting any discrepancies between the depth image of the surface to be replicated and the depth image of the created physical 3D topological surface by adjustments to the created physical 3D topological surface.