Google’s other founder, Larry Page, gave one of Mikey Siegel’s newest creations a try: a mix of 3D surround sound and visual feedback designed to prompt connection between people. Sitting in an enclosed dome, he and his wife put on small backpack subwoofers (so they literally felt the bass through their bodies, not their ears). They then watched two digital flowers blossom and contract on the screen surrounding them. But there was a trick to the setup—Larry was feeling his wife’s heart beat and watching his flower pulse to her heart’s rhythms, and she was watching and feeling his. By
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