{"id":43855,"date":"2014-01-21T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T11:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=43855"},"modified":"2014-01-21T13:17:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T11:17:35","slug":"gender-swap-experiment-with-the-machine-to-be-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=43855","title":{"rendered":"Gender Swap &#8211; Experiment with The Machine to Be Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/84150219\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Gender Swap - Experiment with The Machine to Be Another\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gender Swap is an experiment that uses <a href=\"http:\/\/themachinetobeanother.org\">themachinetobeanother.org<\/a>\/ system as a platform for embodiment experience (a neuroscience technique in which users can feell themselves like if they were in a different body). In order to create the brain ilusion  they use the immersive Head Mounted Display Oculus Rift, and first-person cameras. To create this perception, both users have to syncronize their movements. If one does not correspond to the movement of the other, the embodiment experience does not work. It means that both users have to constantly agree on every movement they make. The  aim of this experiment is to investigate issues like Gender Identity, Queer Theory, feminist technoscience, Intimacy and Mutual Respect! . Created by BeAnotherLab. <strong> Pls note that it contains nudity<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gender Swap is an experiment that uses themachinetobeanother.org\/ system as a platform for embodiment experience (a neuroscience technique in which users can feell themselves like if they were in a different body). In order to create the brain ilusion they use the immersive Head Mounted Display Oculus Rift, and first-person cameras. 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