19.02.2016 03:15
engineers from Spain designed a virtual reality glasses, through which you can see the world through the eyes of another person. Besides the gadget will “transform” in the person of the opposite sex. It is reported by RNS.
The project scientists called “Exchange gender.” All couples who participated in the study consisted of men and women. The disposition of the experiment implies that the subjects were seated opposite each other, and wore glasses that are synchronized with each other. Subjects were doing similar movements, with each seen on the display is what made him a partner. Thus it was possible to create the impression that each participant of the experiment is not in his body, and the body of his partner. The subjects walked through the room, move objects, and they have heard in the headphones of his partner, who talked about his thoughts.
The developers say that their goal was to form a virtual reality system, which will provide conditions for the development of empathy and experience the experience of others. “We used the data collected in the neurosciences concerning bodily perception, and tried to create the illusion of possessing someone else’s body. So we “cheated” the brain: the subjects began to think that they have a different skin color, body part “- scientists say
The authors point out that thanks to developed a virtual reality system, they were able to help test relive the experience. the opposite sex.
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