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Gravity jockey: a novel music experience with galvanic vestibular stimulation

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Naohisa Nagaya,

Masashi Yoshidzumi,

Michiteru Kitazaki,

Masahiko InamiAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGCHI international conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1178823.1178872

Published: 14 June 2006 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a Gravity Jockey (GJ) system in "Electric Dance Revolution" that allows subjects to experience vestibular sensation by means of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) synchronized with music rhythms. The Gravity Jockey system enables people using GVS to feel music rhythms not only by the sense of hearing but also by visual perception and balance sensation. And in order to evaluate the effects of this system on user's perception, we conducted psychophysical experiments during GVS with alternating current (AC).

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Gravity jockey: a novel music experience with galvanic vestibular stimulation
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ACE '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGCHI international conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology

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