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A '''sensorium''' is a personal technology developed during the [[Golden Age]] that uses induced, hallucinatory sensory inputs (including sight, hearing, and touch) to deliver information to its user. Sensoriums continue to be produced, and are installed in certain pieces of [[City Age]] armor<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Gravebreaker#Gravebreaker_2.1|Gravebreaker 2.1]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[ATS/8 ARACHNID]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Stratus 3.1.3]]''</ref>, and utilized by the [[Awoken]] of [[the Reef]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Which Witch bounty''</ref> Sensoriums can also be used as control interfaces, such as for piloting starships<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Cosmogyre_I|Marasenna, Cosmogyre I]]''</ref> or synthetic proxy bodies<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "Entry 7", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-033-|Page 33]]''</ref>, or simply for transmitting messages.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "Entry 12", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#Entry_12|Entry 12]]''</ref> A properly modified sensorium can even directly affect the brain: one palliative treatment for the [[House Bray|Bray family]]'s "Clovis Curse" of fatal insomnia was using a sensorium altered in this way to induce unconsciousness and "emulate sleep", though this would only slow the disease's progression.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "MESSAGE TO BRAY, ELISABETH", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#MESSAGE_TO _BRAY,_ELISABETH|MESSAGE TO BRAY, ELISABETH]]''</ref> | A '''sensorium''' is a personal technology developed during the [[Golden Age]] that uses induced, hallucinatory sensory inputs (including sight, hearing, and touch) to deliver information to its user. Sensoriums continue to be produced, and are installed in certain pieces of [[City Age]] armor<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Gravebreaker#Gravebreaker_2.1|Gravebreaker 2.1]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[ATS/8 ARACHNID]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Stratus 3.1.3]]''</ref>, and utilized by the [[Awoken]] of [[the Reef]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Which Witch bounty''</ref> Sensoriums can also be used as control interfaces, such as for piloting starships<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Cosmogyre_I|Marasenna, Cosmogyre I]]''</ref> or synthetic proxy bodies<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "Entry 7", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#-033-|Page 33]]''</ref>, or simply for transmitting messages.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "Entry 12", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#Entry_12|Entry 12]]''</ref> A properly modified sensorium can even directly affect the brain: one palliative treatment for the [[House Bray|Bray family]]'s "Clovis Curse" of fatal insomnia was using a sensorium altered in this way to induce unconsciousness and "emulate sleep", though this would only slow the disease's progression.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "MESSAGE TO BRAY, ELISABETH", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#MESSAGE_TO _BRAY,_ELISABETH|MESSAGE TO BRAY, ELISABETH]]''</ref> | ||
Sensorium telemetry can be recorded, allowing users to re-experience a given moment in time with all their senses, even another person's.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Brephos_II|Marasenna, Brephos II]]''</ref> After her transfer into an [[Exo]], [[Elsie Bray]] used sensorium reconstructions of her memories to compensate for her post-upload amnesia.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "Entry 13", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#Entry_13|Entry 13]]''</ref> | Sensorium telemetry can be recorded, allowing users to re-experience a given moment in time with all their senses, even another person's. [[Mara Sov]], in her time as a crew member aboard the ''[[Yang Liwei]]'', developed a cult following for distributing sensorium recordings of herself experiencing near-death by exposure to open space without a spacesuit, allowing other crew members to vicariously experience the same.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Brephos_II|Marasenna, Brephos II]]''</ref> After her transfer into an [[Exo]], [[Elsie Bray]] used sensorium reconstructions of her memories to compensate for her post-upload amnesia.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "Entry 13", ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#Entry_13|Entry 13]]''</ref> | ||
Electromagnetic fields could interfere with sensoriums, reducing sensory inputs to static.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]], Playstation 4, [[Seventh Seraph Armor#Seventh Seraph Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves|Seventh Seraph Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves]]''</ref> When the Reef Awoken exited the [[Distributary]], the transit through the wormhole destroyed the sensoriums they had brought with them.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Revanche_I|The Awoken of the Reef, Revanche I]]''</ref> | Electromagnetic fields could interfere with sensoriums, reducing sensory inputs to static.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]], Playstation 4, [[Seventh Seraph Armor#Seventh Seraph Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves|Seventh Seraph Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves]]''</ref> When the Reef Awoken exited the [[Distributary]], the transit through the wormhole destroyed the sensoriums they had brought with them.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Revanche_I|The Awoken of the Reef, Revanche I]]''</ref> | ||