Wildelife Migration

The protection of endangered species has long been a pressing issue; however, it often remains distant from everyday human experience, resulting in limited empathy and insufficient awareness of ecological crises. This study takes the African Great Migration—one of the most iconic ecological events—as its point of departure, selecting wildebeests, crocodiles, lions, and giraffes as representative species. We developed a first-person, multi-sensory, interactive virtual reality (VR) game that allows players to embody these animals’ perspectives. Drawing upon post-anthropocentric narrative design and embodied cognition theory, we designed a quadrupedal cycling interaction system that integrates olfactory stimuli, wind-field simulation, and VR technologies. This approach not only enhances players’ sense of immersion and identification with non-human life, but also facilitates a deeper understanding of the challenges animals face under human influence. Ultimately, the study demonstrates how immersive interaction design can improve the absorption and transformation of knowledge related to ecological conservation.

濒危物种保护作为长久以来的话题，距离大部分人群的生活遥远缺乏共情与危机意识。我们在生态系统中具有典型性代表的非洲大迁徙事件中选取了角马、鳄鱼、狮子与长颈鹿作作为代表，制作了一款第一人称动物视角的多感官交互的VR游戏。我们根据去人类中心主义叙事设计与具身认知理论，制作与嗅觉系统、风场模拟装置与虚拟现实技术相结合的四肢骑行交互装置，增强玩家代入感、帮助玩家理解在人类活动影响下动物的处境，增强玩家对生态环境保护知识的吸收转化率。