An SFU researcher may have a solution

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Steve DiPaola, an associate professor of interactive arts and technology professor at Simon Fraser University, thinks that technology may provide a solution to the dilemma. He suggests displaying virtual belugas and dolphins instead of real ones. Although DiPaola concedes the technology isn’t advanced enough yet to replace the cetaceans with computer-generated ones, he believes it’s only a matter of time before virtual animals can replace real ones in zoos and aquaria around the world.

For the past few years DiPaola has been working with the Vancouver Aquarium on a project to create a virtual beluga whale exhibit.

“The aquarium currently have a number of live belugas as their main attraction and wanted to supplement this with a simulation of a virtual wild beluga pod,” he says. The virtual belugas would be used to show visitors how the whales behave in the wild, something not possible with the captive belugas. Visitors could interact with the exhibit and experiment with “what-if” scenarios, such as introducing a new, aggressive beluga into the virtual pod to see how the other whales react.

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