Chapter Three: SeaWorld

Curated by Jacob Greene, Melissa Bianchi, and Sidney I. Dobrin

This tour serves as documentation of the "SeeWorld" augmented reality counter-tour. Click on the pins to view video content designed for each location along with images documenting the project. Further documentation for this project can be found here.

Chapter Three: Introduction

This tour provides access to the video content created for the SeeWorld augmented reality counter tour. The Seeworld mobile AR application was designed to operate in conjunction with the official signage located throughout the various exhibits and…

Dolphin Cove

Marine research continues to reveal that dolphins are highly intelligent animals capable of responding in creative and purposeful ways to their environment. Australian dolphins have been seen using sea sponges as protective covers when foraging for…

Food Deprivation Techniques

According to former Sea World trainers, orcas and dolphins were routinely denied food in order to guarantee full participation during VIP shows or visits from former Sea World owner August Busch. Such food deprivation techniques were also used to…

Penguin Capture

Seaworld frequently boasts that it’s Orca breeding program has eliminated the need for capturing wild killer whales. But Seaworld still practices wild animal capture with other animals like, you guessed it, penguins. In 2011, Seaworld researchers…

Orca Research

Disputing a widely held belief that placing whales in captivity significantly advances scientific understanding of marine life, Dave Duffus, a professor at the Whale Research Lab at the University of Victoria, claims that research gathered about…