THE BIRDLY
The automated bird simulator
Have you ever wanted to fly
Well you cant, but thanks to Max Rheiner, Fabian Troxler, Thomas Tobler, Vladimir Jankijevic, and Thomas Erdin, you can fly virtually. The Birdly, is a simulation device that lets you enter the bird world, and look around from bird's eye view. Check out this link for more details : http://birdly.zhdk.ch/about/ It was started in SF California, at July 24th.
How it works
Using Head Mounted Display, Oculus Rift. You are a red kite flying through farm land. They use additional sonic, olfactoric and wind feedback. You can also smell the scent of the forest.