The Feelies

A recent BBC article on 3-D sound brought to mind the feelies and hormone chewing gum in Algous Huxley's brave new world:

"Imagine not only hearing a fly going around your head, but you'll be seeing the fly going around," says the professor.

"And the next thing is for when the fly lands on your nose, somehow, there will be sensors that excite your nose, so you can feel it."

I wonder if the real world will get so boring that we'll wire all of our senses, not just our hearing, up to the i-pods of the future...