SEAing Breath / archive editorial

Journal

The ocean, the body and a changing medium. Five essays reading a 2017 artwork beside later observations and research.

SEAing Breath archive editorial
8 November 2026

Green underwater light falling from the surface, a single fish swimming left and the sea-level gauge in the lower right corner.

Archive illustration, 2017 · VR still

Ocean and climate · 3 min read

What the ocean has done since SEAing Breath

A changing annual waterline, a warming ocean and the importance of reading observations across different timescales.

8 November 2026

A faceted polygon seashell in an early Unity scene prototype.

Archive illustration, 2017 · VR scene study

Ocean and ecology · 3 min read

The reef beyond the virtual scene

The original marine studies meet a later record of coral heat stress, bleaching and the possibility of recovery.

8 November 2026

Installation kit laid out: a grey mobile VR headset, a yellow swim belt with orange foam floats carrying the breath sensor, and a seashell containing a speaker.

Archive illustration, 2017 · Prototype hardware

Biofeedback and interaction · 2 min read

When breathing changes the virtual world

Later research asks what immersion and real physiological feedback contribute to an experience shaped by breathing.

8 November 2026

Open notebook with blue-ink storyboard frames: bubbles, a beach with a lifeguard tower, a seashell saying 'Hey! I'm here, pick me up!', a city going underwater, and a crab saying 'We need to get rid of this water, let's breathe!'

Archive illustration, 2017 · Storyboard

Gamification and learning · 3 min read

What can a virtual ocean teach?

Movement, feedback and discovery can support an encounter with ocean science. Learning still depends on the choices within the experience.

8 November 2026

A person wearing a grey mobile VR headset with a small white airflow sensor fixed below it at the nose, wired to a laptop showing a Unity scene of bubbles over a city skyline.

Archive illustration, 2017 · Prototype hardware

XR and preservation · 2 min read

From Daydream to interoperable XR

The hardware and software landscape has changed since the original mobile-headset installation. Its preservation now includes the interaction as well as the images.

8 November 2026