Summary: "If a tree falls in a virtual forest, will anyone hear an environmental message?" That is the question that Sun Joo Ahn asked. She and Jeremy Bailenson are starting a new phenomena. Reality replications of cutting down a red-wood tree in the forest. A group of test sbjects were split into two groups. The first group read an article about the descriptive sounds and scenes of a red-wood tree being cut down. The second grop actually got to cut the tree down, with the help of virtual reality. The user puts on a helmet where all they see is the forest, and the speakers project the noises that one would hear. In fact when cleaning up a spilled glass of water the group who read the article used 20% more napkins than those who cut the tree down.
Reaction: I think that this new way of thinking is a great way to get our society to start listening. We need to conserve the forests we have left, or our animal s will have no more habitats to live in, and we will be out of birds to look at and animals to eat in some cases. I feel so strongly about this because I want our earth to survive and in order for that to happen we all need to pitch in and conserve.
Questions:
1) Do you think that this technology could help us start to conserve more paper and not be so wastefull? Why or why not?
2) What concerns you about our declining amount of forest habitats?
3) Would you be the one to step up and start to make a change? If so what will you do?
This is neat that they actually put people in this situation. I think if i was put in this situation i might think twice about only using one side of a paper. More people should see things like this. We may not want to know that this happens, but it does and it will change many peoples minds about all sorts of topics.
ReplyDelete2. I'm concerned that one day I will look outside and see no trees. That would be awful. Future generations would ask their parents what trees are and they may not know either. That would just be awful.
This is a neat way to make people more aware of the environment they live in. I think its a little weird that the people who read the article used more napkins because either way I think I would have been more aware of the environment. America is a country of wasters and even if we are being alerted to it now and trying to conserve more but there still a lot of damage that can't be undone.
ReplyDeleteQuestions:
1)Yes, it makes people more aware of what they are doing and how it effects the environment.
2) Well that forces animals out of their habitats or drives predators to extinction leaving their prey to reproduce with abandon or a bunch of animals in the city, Theres also the fact that we need oxygen to breath and trees produce a lot of oxygen.
This is a really clever and neat idea. It really is going to help people understand the type of damage that is being down to the environment when we cut down trees. I feel like it's really going to make people save paper and recycle it. This is definitely going to make people feel bad for the forests and it is going to help them understand we need to preserve the small amount of forests we have left on the planet. I know that if I this virtual tour, it would make me even more conscience about wasting paper and saving the forests.
ReplyDelete1. Yes this is going to force people to not waste paper and be more conservative. The virtual tour will show people the damage that is being done to our environment by cutting down trees.
This is such a good idea. It's our job to protect our environment, especially our trees. This is a good way to teach people about what they can do to save our earth.
ReplyDelete3. Yes, now that we are learning more and more about how much impact we have on our environment and the damage, it makes me think more and more about my daily life and what I can change. A great way would be to reduce reuse and recycle more often.