‘Even closing my eyes is an intense movement’: the VR experience that simulates a serious neurological condition
Ben Joseph Andrews' chronic vestibular condition leaves him with migraines and dizziness - which he has transformed into a VR experience. Luke Buckmaster gives it a go
You would've heard of deja vu: the surreal sensation of having previously experienced the present, or something like it. You may not have heard of jamais vu: the sensation of being unfamiliar with things that should be recognisable. Like your house, your desk, even your hands.
Guy Pearce's protagonist in Christopher Nolan's 2000 thriller Memento, who can't create new memories, has a version of it. But the kind I got a taste of, in a fascinating world-first mixed reality" experience featured at this year's Melbourne international film festival, is jamais vu of a very different variety.
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