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  The feelSpace belt

  
  The feelSpace belt has vibrators attached, which are governed by heading information from an electronic compass: the one vibrator pointing north is active.

Thereby, the belt user is constantly provided with tactile heading information relative to the earth's magnetic field. If, for instance, the user is directed to west, the vibrator on his right hip vibrates.		  
  Former experience with sensory substitution devices showed that a strong integration of new information in perception is possible, presuming fair training.
For our experiments we expect the tactile perception of the vibrators to disappear whilst conscious information processing is displaced by a new „sense of direction“. We will evaluate this integration with extensive experiments, described in the research section.
The current prototype		  
 
The vibrators' positions can easily be adjusted.
A first prototype