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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Monkey's and Virtual Sensations

A brain implant allowed monkeys not only to move a virtual arm but also to experience tactile sensations. Photograph: Katie Zhuang
    Read an article that just came out in the Guardian.. DROP MOUTH SCIENCE thinks this is truly extraordinary.


Most virtual world systems allow a person to move an avatar through a virtual world by moving their body accordingly. Yet, in that virtual world you as the player can not feel anything... Thanks to science this will soon change. 


TECHNOLOGY:
First tested on Monkey's a mind chip allows the Monkey to feel real objects in a virtual world. Scientists from Duke in North Carolina University have tried to develop ways that a human can actually feel real objects in a faux world. 


READ THIS ARTICLE FOR MORE 



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