Designing Activist Spatial Experiences Using Mixed-Media Virtual Environments

Abstract

This research investigated how to design “activist spatial experiences” to communicate contemporary political narratives of under-resourced or misrepresented people. The research involved designing a prototype that was evaluated using experts testing and feedback. The innovative design solution used low-cost interactive and digital technology to create a mixed-media virtual environment. The findings successfully demonstrated significant embodied and affective spatial immersivity between viewers and the multimodal content, but also found challenges in navigation and interaction.