Experience Google’s DeepDream in VR and hallucinate in the name of science
Exploring the complex mechanisms that cause us to hallucinate is an incredibly tricky task. This is largely because hallucinations are usually triggered by psychotic conditions or psychedelic drugs, making it nearly impossible to isolate what really transforms our perception of reality. Instead of getting participants to drop tabs of acid for the experiment, scientists developed a new device they call the ‘Hallucination Machine’. By pairing a modified version of Google’s open sourced DeepDream algorithm with an immersive VR experience, researchers created “biologically plausible hallucinations” — and according to science, they’re just like a mushroom trip. Developed by researchers from the University of Sussex’s…
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