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I totally FAILED life as a chicken, and within a few seconds!
The Vanderbilt vegetarian organization VIVA teamed up with PeTA to put on an I, Chicken Virtual Reality Display at Vanderbilt yesterday and today. I got to the event just before it closed on this the final day.
See: IChicken | Facebook
PeTA is putting on similar events at colleges and universities around the country.
They put you on a mat and put all this electronic gear on your arms, legs, and over your head(goggles). It is supposed to project images to you through the eye goggles and allows you to experience the perceptions of life as if you were a chicken. The images are also projected on a screen in back of you so other people can see what you are seeing.
Unfortunately, this just did not work for me. I saw a bunch of images, but they had text which was just outside my field of vision, so I could not read it. I could flap my arms to simulate a chicken flapping his wings, but when I did the part about a chicken lifting its legs and seeing how it walks and balances, I just could not do it. I became totally disoriented and unbalanced and was really afraid I would fall over, so took the equipment off and apologized to the people giving the demonstration. Everyone was nice to me.
So I would recommend this to everyone who does not have balance problems (like I do).
I was talking with the PeTA people and they recommended to me the movie Cowspiracy about the harmful effects of animal agriculture.
But check out this YouTube video about I, Chicken:
The Vanderbilt vegetarian organization VIVA teamed up with PeTA to put on an I, Chicken Virtual Reality Display at Vanderbilt yesterday and today. I got to the event just before it closed on this the final day.
See: IChicken | Facebook
PeTA is putting on similar events at colleges and universities around the country.
They put you on a mat and put all this electronic gear on your arms, legs, and over your head(goggles). It is supposed to project images to you through the eye goggles and allows you to experience the perceptions of life as if you were a chicken. The images are also projected on a screen in back of you so other people can see what you are seeing.
Unfortunately, this just did not work for me. I saw a bunch of images, but they had text which was just outside my field of vision, so I could not read it. I could flap my arms to simulate a chicken flapping his wings, but when I did the part about a chicken lifting its legs and seeing how it walks and balances, I just could not do it. I became totally disoriented and unbalanced and was really afraid I would fall over, so took the equipment off and apologized to the people giving the demonstration. Everyone was nice to me.
So I would recommend this to everyone who does not have balance problems (like I do).
I was talking with the PeTA people and they recommended to me the movie Cowspiracy about the harmful effects of animal agriculture.
But check out this YouTube video about I, Chicken:
