Layli Tulaganova

Apr 27, 2018 | Bios

I am a sophomore Psychology major working towards an (unofficial) English minor. My academic and creative interests relevant to the topics covered in this class include the following: immediacy, which is the basis for my video essay, and hypermediacy; apparatus theory; docile bodies/viewers; and cultural geography and place. The appeal to me is mainly in that I can apply these to myself more readily than other topics, as well as see my life in a new way.

Passive Instruments of Activity

Passive Instruments of Activity

Apr 25, 2018 | VR Video Essay

The lack of congruence between the presentation of VR and the reality, such as “participating” in activities that we have little control over in VR but would have control over in real life, shatters our sense of agency and limits our potential experience of immediacy. My thesis is established with the use of relevant sources in the first few minutes of my video essay.

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