Sensory Fiction: A Wired Reading Experience
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Reading a powerful book is sure to elicit an emotional, if not a physical reaction—a quickened pulse at suspenseful moments, a chill down your back. However a new project from students at MIT takes the experience to the next level. The aptly dubbed Sensory Fiction uses inexpensive technology combined with neuroscience to create a wired reading experience that allows the reader to share in the characters’ feelings. A microprocessor senses what page the reader is on, setting off a different set of sensations including temperature changes, vibration and a vest that swells and compresses—giving new meaning science fiction.
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