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The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and SoulThe most amazing simulation devices were for tactile perception. But before I describe skintact, which is to cutaneous and subcutaneous feeling what earphones are to hearing, I should like to describe some experiments that can be performed with eyevideos. The classic experiment with inverting lenses can be repeated simply by mounting the cameras upside down. New experiments of the same general sort can be performed by mounting the cameras in other positions that diverge from the normal. Here are a few: the so-called rabbit mount, with the cameras facing in opposite directions instead of side by side; the rabbit mount with extreme wide angle lenses, so the field of vision is 360 degrees; and the so-called bank or supermarket mount, with the two cameras mounted on opposite walls of the room that the subject occupies. This one takes some getting used to. It is possible, by the way, with this setup to see all the sides of an opaque cube at the same time. But you want to hear more about skintact. It is a light, porous material worn right next to the skin, and it extends oneБЂ™s tactile range as radio and television extend oneБЂ™s auditory and visual range ...» |
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