Information Encumbrance
Overview
“Information Encumbrance” is a virtual reality world that simulates the process of us receiving information, believing in information, and responding to the opposite side of the information under the influence of algorithms. The process will happen in a ring-shaped tunnel that has different portals audiences can choose from. Along with audiences’ choices and interactions with the portals, they will be able to interact with audiences who have opposite beliefs. The aim of this project is to alert audiences how they are being manipulated and blinded by algorithms, and how algorithms strengthen the conflicts among people with different beliefs.
This work will be magnifying the role of algorithms and reveal how they lead us to believe what we want to believe and how they block our ability to discover the reasons behind our opposite views.
Medium
Built 3D modals in Blender
Host the environment on New Art City
Inspiration
Since the pandemic started, I have witnessed the disparities in belief are more intensified ever than before. News from different countries, channels, and social media can stand for completely polemic views on pandemics. I also have observed the constant arguments on what to believe about the pandemic going on between China and the U.S. Inside the U.S., there is also the heated debate “Is the vaccine trustworthy”. That makes me ponder the clandestine role algorithms have been playing in our sources of information.