See me through you - VR

Relativistic art-science composition for visitors, computers, headsets and controlers.

The presence of a massive celestial body distorts spacetime. Through this deformation, light doesn't propagate along straight lines anymore but along a curved geodesic. If the massive body is located between an observer and a distant shiny object, the curvature of the light emmited by this one enables the observer to see it. This is the effect of a gravitational lens that brings a singular image to the observer's eye.

See me through you - VR aims at making visible the distortions of spacetime and tangible the relativity between the visitor and the others by immersing visitors in the virtual reality of the deep universe. Every one can then directly experiment and experience space distortions and time contractions in the neighbourood of a black hole.

[Design] Matthieu Courgeon and Ikse Maître
[Sound landscape] Michel Bertier
[Scientific content] Jean-Marc Bonnet-Bidaud, Hervé Dole, André Füzfa and Roland Lehoucq

 

©2016 Matthieu Courgeon

See me through you is a digital artwork created by des Vues de l’esprit; an opening of Le sas, science-art-society group ; was produced by La métonymie, in partnership with the IR4M, the Lab-STICC, the LIMSI, the Département Arts-Musique of the Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne, the CNRS and the Université Paris-Sud.
Vois moi à travers toi was realized with the images of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHTLS), of the Hubble Heritage, of the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO-AIA) and of the IAS (helioviewer.ias.u-psud.fr).

Creation in real space: See me through you, Odyssée de la lumière, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris, France – from March 17^th to November 1^st 2015.

 

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