Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.

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Main Author: Zaman, C̦ağrı Hakan
Other Authors: Terry Knight and Patrick H. Winston.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91425
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spelling mit-1721.1/914252019-04-12T14:53:54Z Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception Body centric model of space perception Zaman, C̦ağrı Hakan Terry Knight and Patrick H. Winston. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Architecture. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. "June 2014." Includes bibliographical references (pages [83]-86). In this thesis I present a novel approach to space perception. I provide a body-centric computational model, The Hallucination Machine, that integrates bodily knowledge with senses in a common modality which I call "the sphere of embodiment". Understanding the human experience of space is an important inquiry not only in the context of design and architecture, but in a broad range of scholarly disciplines where humans are the subject of study, whether as biological, social, or cognitive entities. My vision is that in order to create a knowledge of space shared through different disciplines and to develop tools and methods of scientific inquiry into the "human space," we have to conceptualize a space perception model that connects sensory experience with the actions and bodily knowledge of the actor. Implications for such a model have been proposed by phenomenologists in the philosophical realm and carried into psychology through concepts of embodiment, situated cognition, and enaction. The Hallucination Machine illustrates the inner-spatial relations between different senses and movements, collected through sensory and inertial recording devices of the machine which experiences space situated by its human carrier. Through this inquiry, I argue that all senses, including proprioception and orientation, are collapsed in one medium, a sphere of embodiment, in which they form a multimodal spatial experience and communicate through it. I demonstrate the practical implications of this medium through a set of experiments. by Cagri Hakan Zaman. S.M. 2014-11-04T21:35:47Z 2014-11-04T21:35:47Z 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91425 893613705 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 103 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Architecture.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Zaman, C̦ağrı Hakan
Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception
title Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception
title_full Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception
title_fullStr Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception
title_full_unstemmed Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception
title_short Hallucination machine : a body centric model of space perception
title_sort hallucination machine a body centric model of space perception
topic Architecture.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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