A speculative, immersive, digital underwater museum.
The project focuses on anthropogenic noise pollution affecting the underwater life, by analyzing selected data produced by maritime traffic in the Pacific ocean.
algaeia.video.mp4
Algaeia is presented as a work in progress developed during the DODO Hackathon: it would like to be an invitation for visitors to dive into a speculative underwater museum, where it is possible to approach the artifacts and listen to noise produced by ships crossing the Pacific Ocean.
In this digital environment, the objects represent both visualization and sonification of selected data by the dataset Pacific Sound (https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761363.).
The project would like to raise reflections about anthropogenic activities affecting aquatic environments, creating awareness about noise pollution, often inaudible to humans, an attempt to make more visible and hearable its impact of non-human species.
Developed during the DODO Deepwaters of Digital Ocean Hackathon 2022.
- Go to this link
- Make sure you have your audio turned on
- Dive into our immersive VR Museum
- Adjust the presets in the sidebar to generate an environment
- Indiara di Benedetto
- Sara Rutz
- Nathanya Queby Satriani
J. Ryan et al., "New Passive Acoustic Monitoring in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary," OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, 2016, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761363.
Deepwaters of Digital Ocean (DODO) is a week-long research-based series of events focused on engagement with exponential technologies. DODO operates on the intersections of art–technology–science–society and works through three clusters – AI, virtual realities, and blockchains – for ideas and investigations into the Ocean. With an emphasis on multidisciplinarity, innovation, and regenerative solutions, we intend to establish new proposals for the blue world through three hybrid formats: workshops, a symposium and a hackathon.