Thursday, November 19, 2009

The virtual body illusion and immersive Second Life avatars : Neurophilosophy

"the participants reported that the virtual arm felt like their own, and that the sensations they experienced were caused by the ball on the screen rather than by the wand"

I have experienced slight disorientation in-world, such as when I move my avatar and expect to see one thing but see something else. This is especially true when I am familiar with something in "real life" but am experiencing it in the virtual world. I agree that our brains can be fooled into thinking that we are someplace we are not really.

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