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Specimen 237specimen-237Eyes Wide Shut: The Masked Ceremony: lab notes6b29972126 s
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README.mdEyes Wide Shut: The Masked Ceremonyoverview
setup.mdA hall of stone columns, arches, candles and a throne; 22 flies in dimensional cloaks, hoo4 entries
measurement.mdRetinal-only neural windows during playback: ten 20 ms steps each, with no direct motor or3 entries
limitations.mdA procedural model with original geometry and a condensed movement sequence. No dialogue t1 entries
sources.mdEyes Wide Shut (Warner Bros.)1 sources
README

Eyes Wide Shut: The Masked Ceremony

experimentNo. 0022categoryFilm & mediarecordingpendingdataCC BY 4.0

The fly, cloaked and masked, enters a crimson-carpeted hall, joins a ring around a red-cloaked officiant, is called forward alone and lowers its mask.

Workstation still from Eyes Wide Shut: The Masked Ceremony

Recording pending publication. Follow along for the release.

Setup

  • A hall of stone columns, arches, candles and a throne; 22 flies in dimensional cloaks, hoods and pierced masks.
  • Participants: a red-cloaked officiant with staff and swinging censer, two blue-cloaked attendants, twelve flies in the circle, six gallery observers and the subject.
  • Nine stages over 126 seconds: entrance, joining the ring, the staff signal, procession, kneeling, rising, summons, unmasking and departure.
  • Four cameras frame the hall, ring, officiant and subject.

Measurement

  • Retinal-only neural windows during playback: ten 20 ms steps each, with no direct motor or narrative stimulation.
  • The movement sequence is pre-programmed.
  • Rendered incense haze is excluded from retinal capture.

Limitations

  • A procedural model with original geometry and a condensed movement sequence. No dialogue transcript, footage or soundtrack is included.

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