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The Human
Senses and VR
The human body is a beautiful piece of engineering that has five major senses
which allow it to gather information about the world surrounding it. These
five senses were first defined by Aristotle to be sight, hearing, touch, smell
and taste. Whilst these five major senses have been recognized for some time,
recently other senses have been named, such as pain, balance, movement and
so on. Probably the most interesting of these is the perception of body aware-
ness. This essentially refers to an awareness of where one’s body parts are at
any one time. For example, if a person closes her eyes and moves her arm
then she will be aware of where her hands are, even though they are not being
detected by other senses.
The senses