From hybrid space to dislocated space: Mobile virtual reality and a third stage of mobile media theory

Saker, Michael; Frith, Jordan

doi:10.1177/1461444818792407

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“…Research has highlighted how people's connection to nature has shifted as a consequence of digitalization (Saker and Frith 2019). While this is often identified as a cause for a growing disconnection between people and nature (Soga and Gaston 2016), and thus for a declining support base for nature policy, it also offers potential to develop new relationships by promoting new interactions between people and naturethus addressing Abson et al (2017)'s realm of reconnect.…”

Section: Digital Engagement With Naturementioning

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Relational values of nature: leverage points for nature policy in Europe

Mattijssen

Ganzevoort

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Ecosystems and People

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Relational values reflect the qualities of the relationships between humans and nature, such as care, social bonding, place attachment and spiritual meanings. In this perspective article, we argue that understanding relational values is vital for nature conservation, and we identify how incorporation of these values may function as leverage points for achieving more effective nature policy. We discuss the distinctive features of the concept of relational values and elaborate how relational values strongly influence people's perceptions of, engagement with and action for nature. Relational values can also provide important deep leverage points for policy interventions aiming to support citizen's contribution to nature conservation, to strengthen biodiversity policy and the relationship between people and nature. Based on three realms of leverage (re-think, restructure and reconnect), we distinguish six routes through which relational values can be integrated in policies and practices of nature conservation: (1) incorporation of pluralized meanings of nature; (2) the uptake of relational language in policy discourse; (3) a prioritization of landscape-based policy; (4) empowering citizens in nature conservation; (5) reorienting nature education to stimulate people's personal bond with nature; and (6) using digital technology to stimulate new relationships with nature.

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Section: Digital Engagement With Naturementioning

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Relational values of nature: leverage points for nature policy in Europe

Mattijssen

Ganzevoort

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Ecosystems and People

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“…More specifically, in this article, we suggest that modern VR systems are forging an altered relationship between the physical, the digital and concrete space, through the mediated inclusion of concrete reality. The work of Saker and Frith (2019) is helpful in beginning to unpack this conceptual shift.…”

Section: Wireless Vrmentioning

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Coextensive space: virtual reality and the developing relationship between the body, the digital and physical space

Saker

Frith

2020

Media, Culture & Society

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Virtual Reality (VR) has traditionally required external sensors placed around a designated play space. In contrast, more recent wired and wireless systems, such as the Oculus Rift S (released in March 2019) and the Oculus Quest (released in May 2019) use cameras located on the outside of these devices to monitor their physical position. Users can now mark out a physical space that is then digitally tracked within their display. Once a play space has been established, users are alerted if they come close to breaching this boundary by the visual inclusion of a grid. Should this threshold be breached, the headset display shifts to an image of the surrounding concrete environment. We contend that physical space is increasingly being incorporated into the digital space of VR in a manner that meaningfully differs from older systems. We build our argument in the following way. First, the article explores how theories surrounding VR have implicated only a limited relationship with physical space. Second, the article introduces the concept of coextensive space as a way of understanding the developing relationship between the physical, digital and concrete reality enacted by current VR systems.

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“…First, the process of people watching became notably less casual (Gurian, 2006) and more active. Participants were aware that they were observing users perform physical actions that were necessarily dislocated from the physical environment they were inhabiting (Saker and Frith, 2019). As a corollary to this, the practice became more contemplative, with participants not only thinking about how they might react to this digital space themselves but also trying to envisage the digital environment overlaying the physical space of the gallery.…”

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“…VR, however, is different. To account for the physical, visual and audible schism that occurs within a VR experience, Saker and Frith (2019) use the term 'dislocated space', which they define as 'concrete space being temporally superseded by … digital space' (p. 9; italics in original). This digital space remains concealed from those outside of the headset, just as the meanings communicated by the physical actions of users are necessarily partial.…”

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“…This is not to suggest, however, that the carapace of VR was impenetrable, as many participants equally found the concrete space of the art museum continued to bleed into their experience in a variety of ways. As Saker and Frith (2019) put it, 'the shared norms of actual space … remain a constraint upon actions in the virtual space' (p.…”

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Art museums and the incorporation of virtual reality: Examining the impact of VR on spatial and social norms

Parker

Saker

2020

Convergence

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Art museums implicate established spatial and social norms. The norms that shape these behaviours are not fixed, but rather subject to change as the sociality and physicality of these spaces continues to develop. In recent years, the re-emergence of virtual reality (VR) has led to this technology being incorporated into art museums in the form of VR-based exhibits. While a growing body of research now explores the various applications, uses and effects of VR, there is a notable dearth of studies examining the impact VR might be having on the spatial and social experience of art museums. This article, therefore, reports on an original research project designed to address these concerns. The project was conducted at Anise Gallery in London, United Kingdom, between June and July 2018 and focused on the multisensory, and VR-based, exhibition, Scents of Shad Thames. The research involved 19 semi-structured interviews with participants who had just experienced this exhibition. Drawing on scholarly literature that surrounds the spatial and social norms pertaining to art museums, this study advances along three lines. First, the research explores whether the inclusion of VR might alter the practice of people watching, which is endemic of this setting. Second, the research explores whether established ways of navigating the physical setting of art museums might influence how users approach the digital space of VR. Third, the research examines whether the incorporation of VR might produce a qualitatively different experience of the art museum as a shared social space.

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From hybrid space to dislocated space: Mobile virtual reality and a third stage of mobile media theory

Cited by 33 publications

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Relational values of nature: leverage points for nature policy in Europe

Relational values of nature: leverage points for nature policy in Europe

Coextensive space: virtual reality and the developing relationship between the body, the digital and physical space

Art museums and the incorporation of virtual reality: Examining the impact of VR on spatial and social norms

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