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Throwaway here, Once I dropped acid and smoked weed simultaneously, which created an uber intense trip. I used my smartphone, and the UI controls seemed to man

Throwaway here, Once I dropped acid and smoked weed simultaneously, which created an uber intense trip. I used my smartphone, and the UI controls seemed to manifest as physical buttons. I imagined that when I felt a 2d button, it popped out of the phone and felt like a real button. That extra feedback completely changed my user experience. There was no more 'looking under glass'. I can objectively say that physical feedback really enhances the touchscreen experience.

scrumper 13y ago
> I can objectively say that physical feedback really enhances the touchscreen experience. Well, no. You can subjectively say that using hallucinogens enhances your touchscreen experience. Edit: I'll elaborate a bit as I'm not trying to be snarky. Given that you took mind altering substances, it's impossible to separate your memory of the perception of the feedback from the chemical experience you had. However real something seemed - that something being both the haptic feedback in the UI, and your memory of the 'goodness' of it - it's the result of a hallucination. You may remember the UI being really fantastic, but that's because that's what you hallucinated. It's not that different from, say, a pot smoker's paranoia: the scratching outside is the wind blowing leaves against the house, not a SWAT team propping ladders up. Doesn't change what you imagined.
- Cthulhu_ 13y ago
  And yet, imagination is what haptic feedback and whatnot is all about. Phones vibrate in a way that sorta feels like you're pushing a physical button, which has the same effect in the brain. I'm seeing a market here. Smartphones that emit a cloud of weed/acid to enhance the experience.
  - wmeredith 13y ago
    >> I'm seeing a market here. Smartphones that emit a cloud of weed/acid to enhance the experience. I'm pretty sure you won the best comment game today.

scrumper 13y ago

> I can objectively say that physical feedback really enhances the touchscreen experience. Well, no. You can subjectively say that using hallucinogens enhances your touchscreen experience. Edit: I'll elaborate a bit as I'm not trying to be snarky. Given that you took mind altering substances, it's impossible to separate your memory of the perception of the feedback from the chemical experience you had. However real something seemed - that something being both the haptic feedback in the UI, and your memory of the 'goodness' of it - it's the result of a hallucination. You may remember the UI being really fantastic, but that's because that's what you hallucinated. It's not that different from, say, a pot smoker's paranoia: the scratching outside is the wind blowing leaves against the house, not a SWAT team propping ladders up. Doesn't change what you imagined.

Cthulhu_ 13y ago
And yet, imagination is what haptic feedback and whatnot is all about. Phones vibrate in a way that sorta feels like you're pushing a physical button, which has the same effect in the brain. I'm seeing a market here. Smartphones that emit a cloud of weed/acid to enhance the experience.
- wmeredith 13y ago
  >> I'm seeing a market here. Smartphones that emit a cloud of weed/acid to enhance the experience. I'm pretty sure you won the best comment game today.