Takehito Etani -The Third Eye, Spiritual Prosthetic Device

'The Third Eye'(2002) is a video device that is mounted onto the user's head enabling the person to experience perception from outside of his/her body. The device consists of a mono-eyed goggle with a 2-inch LCD monitor and a tiny surveillance camera held above the user's head.

The visual experience of "The Third Eye" is similar to that of a 3D video game in which the user controls and follows a given character from behind. The device turns the user into the character that he/she is controlling and real space is transformed into virtual space.

By replacing the subjective view with an objective one, "The Third Eye Project" points out the relativity of one's perspective to his/her body. It also raises the question, "What is real and what is virtual to one's body?"

Our voyeuristic eyes that tend to see the things immediately surrounding us are given the opportunity to recognize that our perceptions originate from particular pivotal points: our bodies.

More info: http://www.takehitoetani.com/3rdeye.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• experience
• spiritual
• virtual
• out
• of
• body
• perception
• head
• mounted
• distorted

[ariana29x]

see what happens after 24/7 for a year. you would probably go mental

[AaronRayCrichton]

I've always loved this project!

[wolfsandwich]

very nice!

[EonE3]

interesting video.