The Metaplasm is a mixed reality piece that consists of a computational leather prosthetic and an augmented computer vision app. The shoulder garment computes the wearer's movement data to the app which mixes a phantom augmentation of floating images with their live camera feed.
In Updating to Remain the Same Wendy Chun describes how phone users feeling their mobile phones vibrate without a phone call being attempted. This phenomenon was equated with phantom limb syndrome where amputees often have strong sensations of their missing limb in random circumstances and without explanation.
