Creation of an Integrated Multisensory Wearable Story: Costume embedded haptics-VR using a considered eco-ethical design approach

In this paper, Burge will summarise the journey of iterative technological and creative development to produce a multi-sensory story called ‘GhostNet’ developed as part of the WearSustain network to create sustainable wearable technology (EU Horizon 2020 grant No 732098). GhostNet is an interactive artistic wearable experience, which raises the awareness of ocean plastic pollution. GhostNet refers to the problems caused by plastic fishing net, lost or discarded, so-called ‘ghost gear and ghost nets’. This multi-component system has been developed with ethical considerations at every step of the design process (including circular design methodology, supplier, material and process choice) without compromising on creative or technological innovation. The dystopian interactive underwater VR scene is animated in Unity with visualisation of scientific data (Imperial College) is integrated with in-house crafted pneumatic haptics which inflate and according to the VR in the scene and via the controller. Couture style jackets with prints created in VR hold the electronics and have been produced by immigrant charity Heba using organic cotton and seaweed fabric. The costume aspect is central to the experiential narrative to create enclothed cognition providing a strong mental imagery adding to altering self-perception (Adam & Galinsky 2012) and the experience. Burge will reflect on the pros and cons of using this approach on sustainably designed user-centred emergent technology and its impact on multisensory story-telling. This was Burge’s fourth costume-spectacle wearable VR-haptic experience developed as a continuation from experiential themes around costume embedded wearables as a reference for ‘transformation and exploration of the pathways to narrative and ludic (playful) experiences (Isbister & Abe 2015).

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2019.72

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Conference date: 8 - 11 July 2019

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[1] H. AdamA. Galinsky 2012 Enclothed cognition Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48 4): 918 925

[2] B. Burge 2018 Costume Embedded Haptics with Virtual Reality for Immersive Storytelling Electronic Visualisation and the Arts conference, London 11 July 2018 https://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/59631 retrieved 13 January 2019 )

[3] Ellen Macarthur Foundation 2017 What is a circular economy? https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept retrieved 13 January 2019 )

[4] H. Gould 2015 ‘Hidden problem of ‘ghost gear’: the abandoned fishing nets clogging up oceans’ The Guardian 10 October 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/sep/10/fishing-industry-vows-to-tackle-wildlife-deaths-from-ghost-gear (retrieved 13 January 2019 )

[5] A. IsrarS. ZhaoK. SchwaljeR. KlatzkyJ. Lehman 2014 Feel Effects: Enriching Storytelling with Haptic Feedback ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) 11 3)

[6] K. IsbisterK. Abe 2015 Costumes as Game Controllers: An Exploration of Wearables to Suit Social Play TEI ‘15: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction Stanford 15 January 2015 691 696

[7] M Schwartzman 2011 See Yourself X: Human Futures Expanded Black Dog London

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