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Zen for VR

A site-responsive and self-reflective
virtual reality installation

This research was presented at the Politics of the Machines conference in Aachen, Germany, in April 2024. Please find the full article HERE .

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Grimes, Tyler. (2024). Mediated Meditation: Mindfulness in Immersivity. In Proceedings of Politics of the Machines: Lifelikeness & beyond, Aachen 2024. pp. 108-114. DOI: 10.14236/ewic/POM24.16

Documentation

A spectator asked the headset - “I couldn't find the Zen. There was nothing there.”

The headset responded - “Ahh, so you did find it.”

Frustrated, the spectator urged on - “But, I looked everywhere. It was there the whole time?”

The headset responded - “Are you sure your eyes were open?”

After a moment, both had an insight

Documentation - Gallery Setting

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