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| Riku Roihankorpi of UTA explains things for people at Hell's Gate |
This
project started with planning and team forming at the Tampere University OASIS premises. We went through the Hero's Journey model and talked about character types, but what I think made
this project special, was how we were every day somehow connected to the
nature. After all, our goal was to create a virtual reality app or game that would advance
well-being and relax people with help of a forest-like experience.
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| Prof. Hanna Wirman from Hong Kong Polytechnic (left), at Lake Halimasjärvi with students |
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| Lake Halimasjärvi in Tampere, climbing towards the Hero's Reward? |
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| Meeting an Archetype: The Lake's Guardian (who measured the water quality) |
I
think the highlight of this project was the trip to Hell's Gorge, which
is located in Helvetinjärvi (Hell's Lake) National park in Finland.
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| Using our senses, sensei |
Our guests from Hong Kong and Beijing
universities were able to experience real Finnish nature and pick up some berries
and mushrooms. Our task on that day was to experience nature with
our senses and I think that was a nice way to think about the different
aspects of the nature. For example, nature wouldn't feel the same if
it did smell like a city centre.
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| Photo: E.Kyllönen |
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| Photo: E.Kyllönen |
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| Are these symbols of an ancient culture? |
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| Lots of cute little Hell froggies! |
Our whole week was an intense mix of walking in nature and building
games and apps prototypes in our teams.
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| We had abnormally good weather |
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| A moment of relaxing at Hell's Lake (Helvetinjärvi) |
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| This is NOT why they call this place Hell, but the climb feels like it anyway |
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| The Heroes have returned from Hell, and are now Masters of Two Worlds. A moment of Dao |
But it was also a great way to meet new people and work
in international team while trying to build something different. I'm
excited to see what happens when we go to Hong Kong and have our second Platinum workshop, in October 2016.
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| Platinum is more than just walking in forests |
Text: Eve Kyllönen 2016
Photos: Eve Kyllönen, Carita Forsgren
Edits & Photo captions: CF
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