In a kind of augmented reality / virtual reality mix, Marc Owens‘ Avatar Machine puts the user into the center of a video game-like experience. The wearable outfit copies the pixelated look of a digital avatar, and allows users to see themselves interacting real-time with real world environments with the help of a head mounted interface.

It’s a dizzying thought to image how it would feel interacting with the world this way, and as Today and Tomorrow points out:

The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment.

Watch a video of Avatar Machine in action below:

Avatar Machine

[via Today and Tomorrow]