EchoVision

'EchoVision' is a mixed reality experience that allows participants to experience the world of bats using sound visualization. With a series of custom-designed, bat-shaped headsets from the open-source HoloKit, people can echolocate like bats. People scream and see the environment bouncing back to navigate in darkness. With AI, we get to correlate bat calls with certain behaviors such as mating or kissing. We composed these AI-categorised bat calls into baby bat lullaby, love songs, etc and set against their natural habitats. Inspired by Thomas Nagel's “What Is it Like to Be a Bat?”, 'EchoVision' delves into the mystery of understanding the experiences of other species.

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photo of Jiabao Li

Credits

Directors:

Jiabao Li, Botao Amber Hu, Matt McCorkle

Executive Producer:

Jiabao Li

Producer:

Jessica Kidd, Elan Tao

Sound Designer:

Matt McCorkle

Music:

Matt McCorkle

Additional Credits:

Bat Expert Consultant: Merlin Tuttle, Industrial Design of Head-Mounted AR Mask: Jianan Liu, Danning Huang, Visual Effect: Aaron Hu, Guitarists: Mark Sidney Johnson, Joe Daleki

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Jiabao Li
Jiabao Li
stephlijiabao@gmail.com
6174171142

Publicity Contact:

Jiabao Li
stephlijiabao@gmail.com
6174171142

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2024
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15 mins