Aura : A holographic brainwave interface

Aura investigates the relationship between spirituality and technology. When Roy Ascott asked whether there is love in the telematic embrace (Ascott 1989), he questioned technology’s role in empathy. Perceived as antipodal, contradictory phenomena, the relationship between technology, and the meta-physical is complex and multi-layered. The ambiguity between technology and spirituality has historic roots. The quest to differentiate between science and spiritualism, physical and meta-physical, played a central role in the roots of modern day science, in pragmatist discourse. To this day, the term presence still entails a dual connotation of remote presence in virtual environments and spiritual presence in religious or ontological discourse.

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Oliver Gingrich

Evgenia Emets

Alain Renaud

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Publication date: July 2018

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Pages: 346-353

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2018.66

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Conference date: 9 - 13 July 2018

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[1] R. Ascott 1990 Is there Love in the Telematic Embrace? Art Journal 49 3, Computers and Art: Issues of Content Autumn, College Art Association 241 247

[2] G. BellP. Dourish 2011 Divining a Digital Future: Mess and mythology in ubiquitous computing MIT Press Cambridge, MA, p.2

[3] G. Bell 2006 No More SMS from Jesus: Ubicomp, Religion and Techno-spiritual Practices Proc. Ubicomp Springer 141 158

[4] G. Bell 2004 The Age of Auspicious Computing? Interactions 11 5 76 77

[5] W. Benjamin 2008 The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Penguin

[6] J. Bhownagary 1972 Creativity of the Magician Leonardo 5 1 Winter 1972 31 35

[7] S. BouchardG. RobillardJ. St. JacquesS. DumoulinM. J. PatryP. Renaud 2004 Reliability and Validity of a Single-Item Measure of Presence in VR institutionUniversité de Quebec, Quebec

[8] C. Bracken 2006 Perceived Credibility of Local Television News: The impact of television form and presence Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 50 4, Dec 2006 723 741

[9] M. Bratu-Hansen 2008 Benjamin's Aura Critical Inquiry 34 Winter 2008

[10] A. C. Clarke 1961 Profiles of the Future

[11] J. J. CummingsJ. N. BailensonM. J. Fidler (2012) How Immersive is Enough? A foundation for a meta-analysis of the effect of immersive technology on measured presence Proceedings International Society for Presence Research Annual Conference October 24–26, 2012 Stanford University

[12] A. Gell 1988 Technology as Magic Anthropology Today 4 2, April 1988 Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 6 9

[13] I. Hacking 1988 Telepathy: Origins of Randomization in Experimental Design Isis 79 3, A Special Issue on Artifact and Experiment (Sep., 1988). University of Chicago Press The History of Science Society 427 451

[14] M. Heidegger 1977 The Question Concerning Technology 3 35

[15] R. M. HeldN. I. Durlach 1992, Telepresence, Presence 1 1 109 112

[16] V. V. Hunt 1989 1995 1996 Infinite Mind, Science of the Human Vibration of Consciousness Malibu Publishing, California, p.87 and p.314

[17] Interaction Research Studio 2010 Prayer Companion [Interactive Twitter Feed, Mixed Media]. London

[18] W. James 1896 Psychical Research, Psychological Review 3 American Psychological Association Pittsburgh 649 52

[19] H. M. JerónimoJ. L. GarciaC. Mitcham 2013 Jacques Ellul and the Technological Society in the 21st Century Springer, p.21

[20] W. Kilner 1911 The Human Atmosphere Rebman Company New York

[21] T. Langford 2001 Parapsychology as a Misdirected Spirituality: Technology and the electric fish: the real “ESP” MA Interactive Multimedia, London College of Printing

[22] C. Leadbeater 1902 Man: Visible and Invisible 1902 http://www.anandgholap.net/Man_Visible_And_Invisible-CWL.htm (retrieved 26 January 2015)

[23] B. Malinovski 1931: The Role of Magic and Religion. In: Seligman Johnson (eds) Culture: Encyclopedia of the Social Sclences V. Reprint: MacMillan 834 842

[24] E. Marris 2004 Auras Maybe Generated in the Brain Nature 26 October 2004 http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041018/full/news041018-6.html (retrieved 26 January 2015)

[25] M. Mauss 2001 In: R Stivers Stirk (eds), Technology as Magic A&C Black, p.2

[26] E.G. Milan et al. 2012 Auras in Mysticism and Synaesthesia: A Comparison Consciousness and Cognition 21, p.258 268

[27] M. Minsky 1980 Telepresence OMNI magazine June 1980

[28] F. W. H. Myers 1882 Proceedings of Society for Psychical Research 1 2, p.147

[29] C. S. Peirce 1857 Writings of Charles S. Peirce: 1857-1866 Association of American University Press, Library of Congress 2000

[30] K. Popper 1963 Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge Routledge London, p.66

[31] H. E. Puthoff 1996 CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing at Stanford Research Institute Journal of Scientific Exploration 10 1 63 76

[32] P. M. Rademacher 2002 Measuring the Perceived Visual Realism of Images institutionChapel Hill University

[33] M. ShapiroJ. Pena-HerbornJ. T. Hancock 2006 Realism, Imagination and Narrative Video Games Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences 275 289

[34] T. B. Sheridan 1992, Musings on Telepresence and Virtual Presence Presence 1 1 120 126

[35] Stelarc 2011 Rotating Brains / Beating Heart International collaborative performance with Stelarc, the virtual reality ensemble Avatar Orchestra Metaverse, Pauline Oliveros, Martin Parker and saxophonist Franziska Schroeder; Holographic live performance using mixed media http://www.kinetica-artfair.com/?exhibitors/2011/stelarc (retrieved 26 April 2014)

[36] R. StiversP. Stirk 2001 Technology as Magic Continuum London, p.12

[37] M., Sutre TriggKinetica Art Fair 2011 Holographic live performance using mixed media http://www.madaleinetrigg.com/Sutre.html (retrieved 26 March 2018

[38] B. WitmerM. Singer 1998 Measuring Presence in Virtual Environments: A Presence Questionnaire Presence 7 3, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 225 240

[39] R. T. A. WoodM. D. GriffithsD. ChappellM. N. O. Davies 2004 The Structural Characteristics of Video Games: A psycho-structural analysis Cyber Psychology and Behavior 7 1 10

[40] World Research Foundation 2015 The Electrical Pattern of Life: The work of Harold S. Burr http://www.wrf.org/men-women-medicine/dr-harold-s-burr.php (retrieved 26 January 2015)

[41] S. WycheK. E. CaineB. K. DavisonB. K. PatelM. ArteagaR. E. Grinter 2009 Sacred Imagery in Techno-Spiritual Design CHI 2009 April 4–9 2009 Boston, MA

[42] N. YeeJ. BailensonK. Rickertsen 2007 A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of the Inclusion and Realism of Human-Like Faces on User Experiences in Interfaces departmentDepartment of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, California

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