✦Description
Geometry that is not only seen but felt — surfaces with palpable texture, and a repertoire of bodily sensations: waves of tingling and 'energy' moving over and through the skin, the sense of being handled, molded or operated on, and contact with the space's own substance (a squishy, sticky, gel-like 'matter' from which forms are built). Travelers report running their attention over ridged, crystalline, liquid or plush surfaces and feeling them respond; synesthetic crossover means color and sound are often felt as touch. This tactile dimension deepens the hyper-reality of the space — it can be touched, and it touches back.
✦What the sources say
'Spontaneous tactile sensations... feelings of seemingly random yet distinct tingling sensations that occur across the skin and within the body,' plus general tactile enhancement.
'Jimjam' — the 'squishy, goopy, sticky, stringy matter of hyperspace that anything can be created from'; 'Soul Surgery' — sensation of 'being partially disassembled and operated upon.'
'Synthetic/organic-mechanic textures' reported in 42% (15/36) of accounts as a felt as well as seen surface quality.
Questions
What is Tactile Geometry (Felt Textures)?
Geometry that is not only seen but felt — surfaces with palpable texture, and a repertoire of bodily sensations: waves of tingling and 'energy' moving over and through the skin, the sense of being handled, molded or operated on, and contact with the space's own substance (a squishy, sticky, gel-like 'matter' from which forms are built). Travelers report running their attention over ridged, crystal
Is there research on Tactile Geometry (Felt Textures)?
Effect Index/PsychonautWiki document 'spontaneous tactile sensations' — 'distinct tingling sensations that occur across the skin and within the body' without external trigger — alongside tactile enhancement; frequently reported as synesthetic (visual/auditory input felt as touch).