Created for the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Monterey California. The goal of this activity is to simulate the flight of a butterfly. Giving visitors an opportunity to fly like a butterfly and learn how they maneuver with grace and agility.
Goals
- Visitors will learn why butterflies have such large wings.
- Learn facts about the monarch butterfly.
- Interactive flight simulation game experience.
Capturing the imagination of the visitors, the main attraction of the exhibit is a human factor control butterfly flight simulators. Using the Xbox Kinect technology and its ability to recognize human motion and gestures, people of all sizes will be able to control the flight of a butterfly with their body movement to navigate a monarch butterfly through a 3D rendered world.
Did you know?
A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope
Prehistoric Seas – Silver Plume Exhibitions
An early tech demo of a Kinect sensor interactive live the life of a mosasaur and prowl the Cambrian seas.
SkyCycle – VR game with exercise bike controller
Sky Cycle is a VR racing game where your pedaling propels you through the friendly skies! Tilt your head to navigate through skill-based obstacle courses. Can you beat your high score? Try VR racing today!