What is a reality mediator?
A Reality Mediator (RM) is a device that allows the computer to augment, diminish, or otherwise alter the perception of reality. • Does it mediate sound? In the early 1980s I built a lot of RMs for sound, and found this to be very interesting. However, my main interest has been in imaging. Yes the RM does do sound, but that’s not been my central focus. • Does it mediate any other senses? In the mid 1980s I explored radar, as a sixth or seventh sense, along with what I call synthetic synesthesia to computationally map one sense onto another (in particular, to map radar onto the sense of feeling by way of vibrotactile devices and direct stimulation of the body, what I called VibroTach, Electric Feel Sensing, etc.). This effort was in response to some feedback I received from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) on the usefullness of my invention to the visually challenged. • I hear a lot about Virtual Reality, Augmented, etc., but why would you want Diminshed Reality, e.g
