{"id":707,"date":"2018-09-25T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T07:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antonyhallphd.wordpress.com\/?page_id=707"},"modified":"2018-09-25T07:02:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T07:02:20","slug":"tactile-anchoring-device","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/tactile-anchoring-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactile Anchoring Device"},"content":{"rendered":"

This arrangement is part of an evolving perceptual toolkit and will be used to explore some newly discovered perceptual illusions, as well as aiding with my research into the embodiment of unfeasible objects. In its current configuration, 6 servo motors articulate brushes, simultaneously brushing your hand [conceled behind the partition] as well as an empty space. The participant focusses and imagines their hand in the empty space, and in doing so eventually embodies that space. [ See my post\u00a0\u201cOn the embodiment of a discrete volume of empty space\u201d]<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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This device is based on the RHI [Rubber hand illusion<\/a>] paradigm which uses Visio-tactile synchronisation as a means to investigate embodiment. In some ways, it is superior to a human operator, in that it can deliver repeated, highly accurate and synchronous stimuli. It can deliver multiple stimuli \u2013 rather than just one. However, It needs to be operated in conjunction with a skilled human operator who is able to deliver more dynamic and complex manoeuvres. Viewed as an artwork within my artist practice, the use of a table is significant. Refereeing my original series of works, \u2018Tabletop Experiments\u2019 which used domestic materials and equipment with which to undertake the \u2018performance\u2019 of experiments.<\/p>\n