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The Dream of Zhuang Zhou: Entangled Agencies in Multispecies Virtual Reality

DescriptionThis paper presents The Dream of Zhuang Zhou, a multispecies virtual reality (VR) experience inspired by Zhuang Zi's renowned ``Butterfly Dream'' parable, which questions the nature of reality and identity. Leveraging 3D Gaussian Splatting technologies and ancient oriental aesthetics, the project reconstructs an immersive environment from the perspectives of four species: human, fish, butterfly, and bird. By offering seamless perceptual transitions, it exposes how reality is composed through entangled human-machine agencies and sensory biases. By fusing ancient philosophy with cutting-edge reconstruction, the project demonstrates VR’s potential as both technological canvas and experiential experiment for reimagining multispecies coexistence.

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