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CAVE VR environment. A memorial for those who have died crossing the desert on the Mexico / U.S. border.

Swinging out over a synthesized creek, viewers stir up the artificial life forms therein. Engaging kinesthetic immersion takes place within themed surroundings, where two rope swings track the participants' position using linear position

A 50's themed diner provides the setting for an interactive encounter with disturbing denizens in the virtual mirror across the counter. On-screen breakfast reassembles itself into characters who react to the customers' every move.

A custom force-feedback leash is used to walk a virtual dog down an endlessly unfolding country lane. The simulation is driven by the 3DO game console's low-cost rendering hardware, with rear-screen projection filling the participant's

Three networked skyboards equip visitors to surf freely throughout a shared virtual space. Each fiberglass skyboard is a custom full-body input device, with force-sensing resistors driving the flight simulation for the occupant's on-screen

... systems (flying carpet, chaotic vortex, growing plant...

... the hand, conducted with Peter Schröder at Caltech,...

... dancers of the Stephen Petronio Dance Company. Petronio...

The initial installation in the Plasm series, this piece was inspired by Allen Kay's talk on artificial life forms and simulated ecologies at SIGGRAPH the preceding year. A real-world living room setting, complete with sofa, coffee table,