On 12/06/2012 08:02, etienne deleflie wrote:
Actually, I thought of a test that could establish the role of the cognitive dimension. Here it
is: Create a concert environment, with lots of speakers set up in a circle, 16, 32 ... whatever
number is convincing of super-dooper technology. Blindfold all participants. Allow for a largish
corridor straight through the centre of the listening area. Get a horse, a real horse. Walk the
horse through the listening area. After the 'performance', ask the participants how realistic the
sound of the horse was ... on a scale of 1-100%. My hypothesis is that there will be people who
will score below 100%. And if they do (this is very un-scientific of me ... I should just do the
experiment), then this demonstrates that even if technology can recreate the exact stimuli that is
heard in real-life, it is not sufficient to create a successful illusion of reality... or to
create reality-equivalence.
Although the principle is sound, there's a problem with using a horse - they have a very big
presence, not least in terms of smell, air movements and floor impacts (especially if it decides to
drop some rose fertiliser on the way). It would be very difficult for people not to realise that it
was actually a real horse, even blindfolded. Someone playing an instrument would probably be better
option...
Dave
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