Scolu: A Gateway Between Digital And Physical Life

Scolu is an interactive aquarium inhabited by virtual creatures, created by Leïla Jaquet and Stanislas Bernatt. The aquarium is actually a multi-tactile interface: when a user places his iPhone on it, it changes the behavior of the virtual creatures. They can enter into the phone, swap places with a creature on another iPhone and even multiply themselves.

From their site:

Scolu begins as an interactive aquarium, populated by virtual creatures. As a gateway between digital life and physical life, the aquarium is the starting point of a journey that will eventually lead to the four corners of the planet. Moving from iPhone to iPhone, from pocket to pocket, the virtual creatures form a community that is both real and virtual, connecting human beings and virtual creatures through physical contact. The experience is thereby prolonged beyond the walls of the exhibition and seeks to spread itself well beyond its source.

Watch the project description of Scolu below.

Scolu

[via LiftConference]