University’s ‘telepathy’ world
p2p news / p2pnet: The University of Manchester’s School of Computer Science and School of Psychological Sciences wants to know if telepathy exists.
So it’s created a virtual computer world to find out.
Two volunteers who could be friends, workmates or family are in separate rooms on different floors of the same building to eliminate any possibility of communication.
Then, “Participants enter the virtual environment by donning a head-mounted 3D display and an electronic glove which they use to navigate their way through the computer generated world,” says the university.
“Once inside participants view a random selection of computer-generated objects. These include a telephone, a football and an umbrella. The person in the first room sees one object at a time, which they are asked to concentrate on and interact with.”
But the person in the other room is simultaneously presented with the same object plus three decoy objects. They’re then asked to select the object they believe the other person is trying to transmit to them.
About 100 people will take part in the experiment, which will also look at how telepathic abilities may vary depending on the relationships which exist between participants, says the university, adding that the results of the experiment are expected to be published early next year.
Also See:
University of Manchester – Virtual reality puts telepathy to the test, July 17, 2006
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