{"id":484196,"date":"2022-08-13T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T19:00:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T16:00:28","slug":"what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Is \u201cPhantom Sense\u201d in VR, and Do You Have It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291be891029\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291be891029\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Is_%E2%80%9CPhantom_Sense%E2%80%9D_in_VR_and_Do_You_Have_It%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Is \u201cPhantom Sense\u201d in VR, and Do You Have It?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it\/#Episode_1_The_Phantom_Sense\" >Episode 1: The Phantom Sense<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it\/#Perception_Is_%E2%80%9CTop-Down%E2%80%9D_and_%E2%80%9CBottom-Up%E2%80%9D\" >Perception Is \u201cTop-Down\u201d and \u201cBottom-Up\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it\/#Phantom_Sense_in_the_Lab\" >Phantom Sense in the Lab<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-phantom-sense-in-vr-and-do-you-have-it\/#What_Does_This_Mean_for_VR\" >What Does This Mean for VR?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Is_%E2%80%9CPhantom_Sense%E2%80%9D_in_VR_and_Do_You_Have_It%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Is \u201cPhantom Sense\u201d in VR, and Do You Have It?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<!-- UNCACHED CONTENT --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-821852\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/woman-surprised-touching-vr.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Woman wearing a VR headset and making a surprised expression while reaching out with her index finger.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/happy-young-woman-using-virtual-reality-573176878\">TierneyMJ\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You\u2019re standing in a VR world, surrounded by virtual grass. The wind whips up and blows through the field, and as you watch the tall grass blowing in the wind, you can\u00a0<em>feel\u00a0<\/em>it buffet your body; how is this possible?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Episode_1_The_Phantom_Sense\"><\/span>Episode 1: The Phantom Sense<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you\u2019re in VR and you can \u201cfeel\u201d a sensation that\u2019s not actually produced by the hardware, it\u2019s referred to as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/274960842_THE_PHENOMENOLOGY_OF_VIRTUAL_REALITY_AND_PHANTOM_SENSATIONS\">phantom sense<\/a>\u201c, which may sound like the \u201cphantom pain\u201d that amputees experience you\u2019ve probably heard about before. Still, it\u2019s quite different once you consider how phantom sense likely works.<\/p>\n<p>Phantom sense in VR isn\u2019t a new discovery, but now that VR headsets are going mainstream members of the public are discovering this phenomenon for themselves. If you search forums such as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/VRchat\/comments\/b8f7ej\/for_those_with_phantom_sense_help\/\">Reddit<\/a> for the term \u201cphantom sense\u201d, you\u2019ll see numerous accounts from VR users who claim to experience it.<\/p>\n<p>For many VR users, this type of \u2018bonus\u201d immersion is desirable, so many of those aforementioned forum posts are actually about how to induce phantom sense, with different VR fans offering a variety of advice on how to make it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en. Whether any of those methods work is debatable, but can something like \u201cphantom sense\u201d really happen, and how does it even work?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Perception_Is_%E2%80%9CTop-Down%E2%80%9D_and_%E2%80%9CBottom-Up%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Perception Is \u201cTop-Down\u201d and \u201cBottom-Up\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-821861\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/man-silhouette-brain-perception.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Illustration of a man's silhouette with his brain highlighted and an array casting out from his eyes.\" width=\"650\" height=\"370\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/illustration-man-silhouette-brain-rays-coming-1173096928\">BNP Design Studio\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Humans and other living things \u201cperceive\u201d the world around us with sense organs. In school, you\u2019re taught that there are five senses, but the truth is that you have many different senses that give your brain information about the outside world and the state of your body.<\/p>\n<p>Perception is a complex process that\u2019s both \u201ctop-down\u201d and \u201cbottom-up\u201d in nature. The bottom-up part of perception is the raw information that\u2019s going from your eyes, ears, and other sense organs to your brain. In your brain, that information is processed into something that makes sense to your conscious mind. So, what you perceive isn\u2019t actually reality but a processed version of it that makes sense from a human perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Top-down aspects of perception are things like your previous experience and what you\u2019ve learned about the world. Your expectations and prior knowledge let your brain automatically fill in the blanks or predict what it thinks you should be seeing. Magic tricks and optical illusions often take advantage of your expectations and how they influence what we see and hear. It\u2019s most likely between these two types of perceptual processing that phantom sense happens.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Phantom_Sense_in_the_Lab\"><\/span>Phantom Sense in the Lab<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The phantom sense that people report experiencing in VR is most likely a form of \u201cbody transference\u201d. Body transference happens when someone takes \u201cownership\u201d of something as part of their own body when it isn\u2019t. The classic experiment involves a rubber arm attached to the subject so that it\u2019s in the position you expect your real arm to be.<\/p>\n<p>Stroking the arm has been shown to induce that sensation in the subject. Similarly, sticking a needle into the rubber arm can induce pain. Psychologists theorize that this illusion happens when bottom-up processes override top-down processes. In other words, even though you know it\u2019s not your real body part, on a fundamental your brain is fooled into accepting it and your conscious mind is along for the ride whether it wants to be or not.<\/p>\n<p>Adding on to this, VR has been deliberately used to induce body transference. Researchers have determined that a person\u2019s VR body induces the same <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0010564\">threat response<\/a>\u00a0as it would in real life. In other words, under the right conditions, the brain accepts ownership of the virtual body, and the radical body transference illusion occurs. This might explain why some VR users experience phantom senses.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Does_This_Mean_for_VR\"><\/span>What Does This Mean for VR?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Much of our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> depends on our perceptual systems\u2019 ability to fill in the gaps. That\u2019s why you perceive motion instead of scrolling still images in a movie theater or only need the simplified suggestion of something in a painting to perceive the whole picture.<\/p>\n<p>If VR developers could tease out the factors that reliably induce phantom sense (much like they did for \u201cpresence\u201d in VR), it could become another tool for VR authors to use when creating experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there\u2019s also a dark side to phantom sense since negative perceptions are possible alongside positive ones. The idea that VR could be used for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/vvbxmm\/how-virtual-reality-could-be-used-for-torture\">dubious interrogation practices<\/a>\u00a0is something that\u2019s given ethicists pause for some time now, and phantom sense could be a sad part of that formula if anyone figures out how to use it deliberately.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, a little like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/sleep-disorders\/lucid-dreams-overview\">lucid dreaming<\/a>, if you can teach or train yourself to experience phantom sense in VR, it has the potential to elevate your VR experience beyond mere hardware. Or you can think of it as using the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wetware_(brain)\">wetware<\/a>\u201d in your brain to make VR more immersive than ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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