BBC video: seems like a VR experiment almost, trying to make sense of your body in that reality. Love it
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"...it is fascinating to wear the upside down googles and try to shake hands with someone, pick up an object, pour water from a jug into a glass, try and write, or find your way around (with someone else there to guide you of course).
When we view the world normally, our brain reverses the images on our retina in both the up-down and right-left directions. These prisms reverse the up-down direction only. However if you rotate them by 90 degrees, they will then reverse left-right instead."
Safety Notice. Wearing these goggles will cause you to lose your normal orientation.
Example of what they look like:
And New Scientist is offering a chance for you to win a pair here. 😍
PS: Check out the BBC video in the links.
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