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Scientists Induce Out-of-Body Sensation Using Virtual Reality Goggles
- donna 19y agoWow, this introduces a whole new platform.
- amichail 19y agoSo how would you enhance video games with these findings?
- donna 19y agothink of the TV show LOST, where the user actually experiences being a character - out-of-body, in another role, like an actor.
- henning 19y agothink social networking. think crowdsourcing. think vertical synergy. but don't think all three at once.
- zach 19y agoCreate a game system that pokes you with a stick.
- mhb 19y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984
- portLAN 19y ago> In that illusion, people hide one hand in their lap and look at a rubber hand set on a table in front of them. As a researcher strokes the real hand and the rubber hand simultaneously with a stick, people have the vivid sense that the rubber hand is their own. > When the rubber hand is whacked with a hammer, people wince and sometimes cry out. That's not an out-of-body experience. That's called "oh shit I can't see my hand and he's about to smash it with a hammer!"