The dream of many of paralysed people,
computer-game designers and pornographers is
one step closer to reality with th the
demonstration of a technique that allows people
to physically identify with a virtual body.
The achievement builds on previous work in which
neuroscientists created something similar to
out-of-body experiences in healthy
volunteersMovie Camera and tricked people viewing
their virtual body into feeling that body being touched.
In the latest experiment, vibrating pads with
flashing lights were positioned on the subjects'
backs. Virtual bodies were generated by a camera
filming their backs and were viewed as though 2
metres in front of the subjects through a
head-mounted display. Repeated stroking of their
backs, and the sight of the doppelganger being
stroked, created the feeling that they were outside of their bodies.
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