Japanese chair to enrich the experience of watching movies
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Chilly Chair SIGGRAPH2012 has performed at the international fair of the world's largest computer graphics
A group of Japanese researchers has created a chair capable of bristle hairs sitting on it. They want to enrich the experience of watching movies, reading books or playing video games with "tactile stimulation". Chills as they would cause a surprise or a shock.
"The project is based on piloerection, a type of involuntary emotional reaction," says James Lange, the research team. Chilly Chair aims to go beyond cause reactions, and wants to also serve as a "stimulus to reinforce the emotion itself."
He has performed in SIGGRAPH2012. An international exhibition in which the main design studios show off their new computer for the movies or video games. Their prototype uses static electricity to ruffle the hair on the forearms and back.
The chair measures the electrical resistance of the skin. This changes with the autonomic nervous system activation, which is what controls the "goose bumps". "Experiment fisicopsíquicos confirm that this erection of the hair increases the feeling of surprise," say in describing the equipment on the website of the fair. Therefore, the chair is activated only when the body responds involuntarily, to an emotional stimulus, and makes it more intense. Therefore, the creators say can be used, in addition to movies, reading books or playing video games.
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