ECHOVISION

Jiabao Li & Botao Amber Hu

 

FILE SÃO PAULO 2026: Inter-creativity – Art and Technology – Augmented Realities
Electronic Language International Festival

 

EchoVision – China

What is it like to be a bat? EchoVision is a mixed reality art experience that simulates echolocation, immersing participants in the perceptual world of bats. Exhibited in a natural habitat, it shows mixed reality’s potential to foster empathy for non-human species. The work explores eco-phenomenological mixed reality, opening paths for ecological education and more-than-human perspectives through embodiment.

BIO

Botao “Amber” Hu is a social computing researcher and experiential futures designer. He creates projects using social mixed reality and directs the Reality Design Lab, exploring soma, speculative design, and spatial computing.

Jiabao Li is an artist and Associate Professor at Northeastern University. Formerly at UT Austin and Stanford, she creates works on climate, interspecies co-creation, and perception using AR/VR, wearables, robots, performance, and installations.