Birdly is a full body flight simulator and virtual reality machine in which you embody a bird, the Red Kite, with sensory-motor coupling. Visualized through Oculus Rift, soar through the virtual landscape of San Francisco with a 3D model from PLW modelworks, heightened by sonic, olfactoric, and wind feedback along your flight path.

Birdly was developed at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Catch the team on their first US tour and hear the secrets behind their incredible machine during the opening reception. Make your dreams of flying like a bird come true—book your flight now!

Program

6:00 pm  doors open and flights begin
7:00 pm  hear from the Birdly creators
7:30 pm  flights continue
9:30 pm  doors close

Bios

Thomas Erdin

MA Scientific Visualization

Max Rheiner

Head of the project and Lecturer BA/MA Interaction Design

Thomas Tobler

Head of the Design and Modeling Workhshop

Fabian Troxler

MA Design/Interaction Student

More Info

Birdly was developed at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), IAD Interaction Design for the BirdLife Center Switzerland in 2014. Their first demo video went viral, with over a million views in one weekend, and the story was picked up world-wide by major technology blogs and media outlets. Now, the team is taking their flying machine on the road and coming to the US for the first time.

Related Events

Birdly Exhibition
July 25 – August 6, 2014
Book your flight!
swissnex San Francisco

Birdly at NightLife
California Academy of Science
July 31, 6:30pm
San Francisco

Swiss Alumni Fly–Birdly
August 5, 6:30 – 9:30pm
swissnex San Francisco
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Birdly at AfterDark: Science Fiction
Exploratorium
August 7, 6 – 11pm
San Francisco

Birdly at Siggraph
Conference for Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
August 10 – 14
Vancouver, B.C.

Photo: Myleen Hollero