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Fly Simulator
VR installation
©2018, Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer

Fly Simulator is a VR software specifically developed for Ars Electronica 2018 and Speculum Artium in Trbovlje. It is a simulation of a few thousand flies that organize themselves into swarms, creating interesting patterns when users wear the 3D head set.

The user's head position influences the swarming of the flies which fly over an endless landscape of clouds. Like in a dream the user feels immersed in a strange non Cartesian world where she loses orientation and feels like she has become a fly herself.

In addition to the virtual experience, various iterations of real fly products are offered as well, such as: a fly perfume, a fly salt, fly T-shirts, and various prints with fly motives.