NEW AGE FLIGHT
VALव्हॅल
FUTURE OF FLIGHT
'CO-PILOTING' EXPERIENCE
OCTOBER - JANUARY 2019
2018
Romain Fournier
Anushka Khater
Amaury Davainne
Praveen Balaji
Sharang Moghe
CONTEXT
Flight has always been a point of fascination for me. I got the opportunity to explore this subject through a fresh lens.
This project was a team effort to push the limit of how to simulate the experience while capturing the thrill of flight.
TEAM
WEEMBI FLIGHT SIMULATOR
VALENCIENNES
In an effort to understand the dynamics of Human flight better, we had to experience it ourselves. So as part of our research, we were able to go the WEEMBI Flight simulator where we got to experience indoor skydiving.
Through our initial research, it was clear to us that Human flight connected with all of us on a different wavelength.
So we focussed on creating an experience that would 'INVOKE AN EMOTION' rather than solve a problem.
And wanted the user to truly feel that magic of flight.
FLIGHT INVOKES AN EMOTION
DESIGN EXPLORATION
Our goal during this phase was to imagine the most
far-fetched and wildest ideas that should not be limited by the feasibility and function of the design. And then through that process bring the idea back to reality.
Through this process we were able to create two different flight experiences that enabled the user to feel the magic of Human Flight.
EXPERIENCE 01 - AIRFOIL
In this experience, the users are able to position themselves on a 'sleeping' surfboard and using the foil, essentially Fly Over the water, and have the ability to. control their velocity while doing so.
COMMENCING VR FLYING EXPERIENCE...
EXPERIENCE 02 - IMMERSIVE VR EXPERIENCE
For this experience, the users can lose themselves in a trance of flying over one of the many scenes that we designed and created and can escape the real world by entering our virtual one.
Using the VR technology, one can control their exact flight path without ever leaving the desk.