The fascinating new study “If I Were You: Perceptual Illusion of Body Swapping” published this week by the Swedish researchers Henrik Ehrsson and Valeria Petkova has been making the rounds and drawing some press – see Neurophilosophy and Neuroanthropology for background and explanation - but what seems to have been lost in all the excitement [...]
Posts Tagged ‘immersion’
Proprioception hacks (or how to become a lobster)
Tom over at Mind Hacks makes a few interesting observations regarding the disjunction between real and virtual selves. Referencing Clive Thompson’s Wired article, he notes that, in the video game Mirror’s Edge, “the visual cues about what your character’s arms and legs are doing (they appear in shot as you run and jump) makes the [...]
