The device functions

on the basis of a collaboration

of several machines, each one

of them taking charge of one

functional aspect of the

immersion process.

The immersion in a Virtual Environment.

The complete installation is a machine which allows the individual to fly with his/her own wings. It is made up of two engines: an engine of images, an engine of sounds. They are in fact unit data-processing machines: Silicon Graphics, which calculate the images of the virtual world, and Macintosh, which generates the music. Only one person at a time can enter the system. To use the installation the participant must wear raincoat and a helmet. The helmet contains two screens and ear-phones. The measurements from 4 magnetic sensors placed in the jacket and on the helmet record the user's movements. An interface transmits the data (orientation of the glance, flapping of the arms...) to the central processing unit.

Function and implementation