... som duften av en drøm... (Elders are wearing 3V-helmets when they are in care)

Brief description

Elderly patients are wearing 3V-helmets as they lay in hospitals, being fed memories to keep them calm and content. Information is also going the other way, giving information about the patient to the hospital.  

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150 patients are laying on rows hidden behind their stiff curtains, connected in terms of protocol to 3V through secured helmets. 

(150 pasienter ligger på rekke og rad, halvt skjult bak stive forheng, protokollmessig tilkoblet 3V med sikrede hjelmer)

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Through the 3V-helmets signals are going into their old, dry brains. They are fed with experiences they have chosen themselves. Series of pictures from sunny summer days, of children's laughter and play, or of sexual excesses, erotic conquests on dance floors and narrow alleys. Real or fictional memories. Many choose to experience themselves in a virtual equiment that doesn't at all resembles their own biological body. 

The signal also goes the other way though the helmets: Information about the patients's neuroactivity lead rapidly into the data system of the hospital.

(Gjennom 3V-hjelmene går signaler inn i de gamle, tørre hjernene deres. De fôres med opplevelser de selv har valgt seg ut. Bildeserier fra solrike sommerdager, av barnelatter og lek, eller av seksuelle utskeielser, kåte erobringer på dansegulv og i smale smug. Virkelige eller oppdiktede minner. Mange velger å oppleve seg selv i en virtuell utrustning som slett ikke likner deres egen biologiske kropp.

Signaler går også andre vei gjennom hjelmene: Informasjon om pasientenes nevroaktivitet føres løpende inn i sykehusets datasystem.)

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Work that the situation appears in

Title Publication Type Year Creator
... som duften av en drøm... Narrative, Novel Bjarne Benjaminsen
Machine P.O.V
Not machine P.O.V.

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