Virtual Embodiment

       In Leila Shereen Sakr’s article, Virtual Embodiment, she discussed how the body is incorporating with the technology. She as well discussed the virtual and reality. The article pointed out that the boundary between virtual and reality is being pushed and the element that gives virtual such a power to affect reality is the human belief.

       The argument that “belief makes real” is very convincing and on the other hand very inspiring. Since the project we are working on is also focusing on virtual and reality.  From the beginning of the project we’ve only thought about the relationship between the virtual and reality as well as the blurred boundary, but Virtual Embodiment has broadened our scope of mind. It demonstrated the power of the virtual and how the power is working on and affecting people: “virtual possesses a reality only through interaction… virtual has a reality that can affect us… created by belief leading to subsequent action…” The article also pointed out that virtual stays virtual without the connection (interaction) to human, and it is the human belief that brings the virtual real. So take the theory into our project, we are dealing with turning virtual to reality through not only the performance but also the animation. And it is the animation part where we build our virtual world, so to enlarge the power of virtual, we have to have our audiences have a connection to the scenes and believe that the scene is an ancient Asian world where the story takes place.

      Virtual Embodiment is an article that brings us a lot of concluded ideas to think about and while reading, I do feel that it helped concluding the knowledge I have for now and broadening my scope of mind.