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What is the intended effect of that video? A proxy for human interaction?

• patio11 13y ago
  It was marketed as behavioral therapy, to help people get over psychological aversions to e.g. eye contact. This may or may not have been a smokescreen over other reasons why people would purchase that video. (Source: it was covered in general Japanese media some years ago.)
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• rangibaby 13y ago
  They are selling it as a method for getting over shyness or fear of strangers (人見知り) http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00166NB0I/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00166NB0I/
  • jakejake 13y ago
    It seems like an incredibly odd method for getting used to human interaction. Showing a bizarre staring video instead of actual human interaction. I don't know anything about Japanese culture but just based on whatever random bits I've picked up - it doesn't surprise me to see a video or a robot used to avoid an uncomfortable confrontation with a depressed person.