The appliance designed to allow a living being to perceive sensations of virtual movements of part of his body (1) comprises a control unit (30, 40, 41, 42, 43) in which is stored a table (30) containing a first plurality (P1) of basic excitation signals, a second plurality (P2) of macro-motifs (31, 32) each formed by a third plurality proper (P3) of said basic signals, a sequencer (43) reading the macro- motifs (31, 32) in order to emit a second plurality (P2) of corresponding commands for excitation, each time, of a third plurality proper (P3) of vibrators (61) selected from among a first plurality (P1) of vibrators (61) carried by a coupling support (3) in predetermined respective zones of the part of the body (1), the excitation of the third ...