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Jesse Peterson1

  • 1Radical Humanities Laboratory, Department of Geography, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. jpeterson@ucc.ie.

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
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Virtual reality (VR) in marine science models underwater environments, but can flatten ocean materiality. VR shifts focus to local, place-based ocean engagements through enhanced spatial awareness.

Keywords:
GeographyMarine scienceOceansTechnological mediationVirtual reality

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Area of Science:

  • Marine Science
  • Geoscience Education
  • Digital Earth

Background:

  • Virtual reality (VR) technologies are increasingly used in marine science for modeling underwater environments and facilitating virtual field trips.
  • The rapid adoption of VR presents challenges in standardization and understanding its representational impact on marine science knowledge production.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how VR technologies produce and transfer knowledge about marine environments.
  • To explore VR as a tool mediating human-ocean relations through the analysis of VR model creation processes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of VR technologies and processes used in marine science for creating digital models of oceanic spaces.
  • Examination of how these VR models shape the meaning and understanding of marine environments.

Main Results:

  • VR technologies tend to flatten the complex materiality of oceans, creating a visually anchored illusion of depth.
  • Current VR applications in marine science are shifting representations from global/planetary to local, place-based engagements.
  • VR enhances local engagement through positionality and spatial awareness (proprioception), differing from sight-based representations.

Conclusions:

  • VR in marine science offers new ways to engage with oceanic spaces, emphasizing local context and spatial awareness.
  • The visual objectivity of VR can oversimplify ocean materiality, necessitating critical consideration of its representational effects.
  • VR's shift towards place-based engagement signifies a change in how humans relate to and understand marine environments.