The MIT Media Lab has developed a system that uses blurred images on peripheral screens to provide a more immersive experience in television and movie watching. The Infinity-By-Nine system developed by Daniel Novy and V. Michael Bove Jr. generates real-time blurred images based on the images on-screen, and projects them to peripheral screens using ceiling-mounted projectors — a little like Philips' Ambilight tech, but on a larger scale. The lack of detailed visual information is effective because peripheral vision is always out of focus, and it allows for the system to run on consumer-level hardware. In the Media Lab's testing, viewers reported feeling more immersed and some even reported synesthetic effects like feeling heat from...
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