Issues of identity are further hybridized because through one eye Tillie sees what is in the physical world, while through the other, she captures images from the Internet, an equally real environment for we cyborgs. Lynn Hershman, July 2000 Reliance on tracking and surveillance techniques has resulted in a culture that has a peripheral vision that extends beyond normal human physiology. In many cases, there is a merging of human and machine capabilities that create new beings, cyborgs, whose virtual reach and, in this case, sight is extended beyond physical location. Identity becomes intangible on the Internet and Tillie's face becomes a mask for the multiple expressions of the self that links each person to another. By looking at the world through Tillie, the Telerobotic Doll's eyes, viewers not only become voyeurs, but indeed, become virtual cyborgs.
Viewers literally use the doll's eyes as a vehicle for their own remote and extended vision.
The doll is constructed so that her two eyes are replaced by two cameras. The left eye sees in color and records exactly what she sees in real time. The right eye is connected to the Internet and sees in a 320 x 200 gray scale, refreshed at a rate of 30 seconds, to accommodate visitors with slow connections. Physical Reflections Viewers in the physical space can see themselves on the small monitor in Tillie's environment. Virtual Reflex-ions Viewers on the Internet, or the virtual space see what Tillie is looking at in black and white through her right eye.