Into the Garde
The concept revolves around creating a panoramic experience within a garden-like space. This immersive environment is designed to engage all the senses, enhancing the perception of being physically present within the experience.
Exhibition Description
This project was conceived for a small, immersive room inspired by the concept of Sensorama, where the boundaries between perception and reality are intentionally blurred. The user sits in the space, wearing a VR headset, and enters a visually realistic garden environment.
The experience engages multiple senses simultaneously: carefully selected real flowers introduce specific aromas, subtle airflow simulates natural breezes, and controlled lighting provides warmth, evoking the presence of sunlight. Together, these elements create a layered sensory illusion that merges the physical and virtual worlds.
A disruptive moment occurs as the user approaches the flowers. At close range, the illusion begins to break, revealing the artificial nature of the virtual textures and exposing the constructed reality of the environment.
The experience culminates in a reflective question:
Why are you not enjoying real nature?
Tools & Technologies
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TouchDesigner
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Ableton Live
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Adobe After Effects
Hardware
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VR Headset
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Fan (wind simulation)
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Ambient lighting (heat and sunlight effect)
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Natural flowers (scent integration)
Stimulating sight, touch, smell, and sound.
Disruption
The garden is just in your mind...