Matilde Peixoto

A Corals Bloom

A Corals Bloom

A Corals Bloom

A virtual reality experience through the eyes of a coral egg, from birth to reef.

A virtual reality experience through the eyes of a coral egg, from birth to reef.

A virtual reality experience through the eyes of a coral egg, from birth to reef.

Project

Project

A virtual reality experience that immerses participants in the birth of a coral (Acropora millepora) through the eyes of the coral itself. You are born from a coral polyp and drift into the ocean under the moonlight during a mass spawning event. This project seeks to evoke a sense of awe and invites people to connect with this often unseen and deeply intimate natural process. The virtual reality experience was exhibited at the Horniman Museum, inspired by their groundbreaking multi-year research on coral reproduction.

A virtual reality experience that immerses participants in the birth of a coral (Acropora millepora) through the eyes of the coral itself. You are born from a coral polyp and drift into the ocean under the moonlight during a mass spawning event. This project seeks to evoke a sense of awe and invites people to connect with this often unseen and deeply intimate natural process. The virtual reality experience was exhibited at the Horniman Museum, inspired by their groundbreaking multi-year research on coral reproduction.

A virtual reality experience that immerses participants in the birth of a coral (Acropora millepora) through the eyes of the coral itself. You are born from a coral polyp and drift into the ocean under the moonlight during a mass spawning event. This project seeks to evoke a sense of awe and invites people to connect with this often unseen and deeply intimate natural process. The virtual reality experience was exhibited at the Horniman Museum, inspired by their groundbreaking multi-year research on coral reproduction.

My Role

My Role

I collaborated on this project, developing the concept, narrative, and environment for the VR experience. My work included creating terrain, placing assets, designing underwater effects, and integrating sound. My collaborator handled player movement, and coding.


A video of the virtual reality experience. Press play to start.

A coral reef environment first depicted in a sketch, then brought to life in VR.

An interpretation of the inside of a coral, before the egg and sperm bundle is released into the coral reef. First depicted in a sketch, then produced in VR.

An egg and sperm bundle moving through the ocean currents at night during a mass spawning event, its brothers and sisters swimming around it. First depicted in a sketch, then produced in VR.

Horniman Museum visitors trying out the virtual reality experience. The TV screen was attached to one of the headsets so you could see what the person was seeing in the virtual reality on the screen.

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