“Ming Shan Digital Experience: Immersive Technology for Traditional Taoist Meditation” by Henchoz, Charvolin, Ribes, Défayes, Duchêne, et al. …

  • ©Nicolas Henchoz, Margaux Charvolin, Delphine Ribes, Lara Défayes, Cédric Duchêne, Emily Groves, and Andreas Sonderegger

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    Ming Shan Digital Experience: Immersive Technology for Traditional Taoist Meditation

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    The Ming Shan Digital Experience is an immersive installation designed to support meditation in the context of a new Taoist center. Its creation confronted current academic literature on digital technology for meditation with the practical and cultural requirements of Taoist practice. Quantitative and qualitative learnings show the effectiveness of multimodal biofeedback on individual and collective meditative experience. Now instated in the Taoist center, the installation opens new perspectives for combining digital technology with ancient practice.

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