http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/28/virtual-reality-illusions-produce-out-of-body-experiences-in-the-lab/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/28/virtual-reality-illusions-produce-out-of-body-experiences-in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-30541 Kinect Hacks: Turn Invisible, Make an Instant Light Saber, & More (Discover ) | Abort America Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:41:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/28/virtual-reality-illusions-produce-out-of-body-experiences-in-the-lab/#comment-30541 [...] Fiction: The Fundamental Problems of Minority Report-style Biometrics Not Exactly Rocket Science: Virtual reality illusions produce out-of-body experiences in the lab DISCOVER: Virtual Reality Fires up Research Efforts [...] [...] Fiction: The Fundamental Problems of Minority Report-style Biometrics Not Exactly Rocket Science: Virtual reality illusions produce out-of-body experiences in the lab DISCOVER: Virtual Reality Fires up Research Efforts [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/28/virtual-reality-illusions-produce-out-of-body-experiences-in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-4820 Laborum Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:45:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/28/virtual-reality-illusions-produce-out-of-body-experiences-in-the-lab/#comment-4820 Good read. I wondered about this alot when I was living in Virginia and visited a theme park regularly there. They had a virtual reality booth where 20 or so people would interact with a display as well as poking and pushing each other. It really gave you a sense of being in someone else's body. Even if it wasn't stimulating the correct part of the brain for the out of body experience, it felt like it. By the way, the link at the end "swapped bodies with someone else", goes to a 404 error page. Good read. I wondered about this alot when I was living in Virginia and visited a theme park regularly there. They had a virtual reality booth where 20 or so people would interact with a display as well as poking and pushing each other. It really gave you a sense of being in someone else’s body. Even if it wasn’t stimulating the correct part of the brain for the out of body experience, it felt like it.
By the way, the link at the end “swapped bodies with someone else”, goes to a 404 error page.

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