University of Bristol, UK.
Newcastle University, UK.
Health Place. 2020 Jan;61:102271. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102271. Epub 2019 Dec 27.
This article draws on an AHRC/EPSRC funded project called 'A Sense of Place: Exploring nature and wellbeing through the non-visual senses'. The project used sound and smell technologies, as well as material textures and touch, to ask: what does 'wellbeing' mean for people in relation to the non-visual aspects of nature, and how might technology play a role in promoting it (if at all)? This article takes recorded sound as a case study. It argues that recorded soundscapes should be understood on their own terms rather than as 'less than' or a simulation of natural environments. They have specific value in creating space for imagination, particularly when delivered with care and as part of the co-creation of sensory experience. Overall, the article argues that the value of emerging immersive technologies is not to simulate nature better. An 'immersive experience' is richest when it allows for - and reveals - the nuances and complexities of individual responses to natural environments.
本文借鉴了一项由英国艺术与人文研究理事会和工程与物理科学研究理事会共同资助的名为“地方感：通过非视觉感官探索自然与健康”的项目。该项目使用声音和嗅觉技术，以及材料质地和触觉，提出了以下问题：对于与自然的非视觉方面有关的人们来说，“健康”意味着什么，以及技术（如果有的话）在促进这方面可能发挥什么作用？本文以录制的声音为例。它认为，录制的音景应该根据自身的条件来理解，而不是被视为“不如”或自然环境的模拟。它们在创造想象力的空间方面具有特定的价值，特别是在精心制作并作为感官体验共同创作的一部分时。总的来说，本文认为新兴的沉浸式技术的价值不在于更好地模拟自然。当它允许并揭示个人对自然环境的反应的细微差别和复杂性时，“沉浸式体验”才最丰富。
