FloraFictions: A Hybrid Plant Ecology

This project is a speculative 3D plant ecology created in OpenBrush and Unity.

The scene presents a fictional hybrid plant that combines dandelion seed dispersal, balsam touch response, pitcher plant attraction, and cactus-like defence. The viewer first encounters a floating seed cloud around the plant. The cloud appears soft and inviting, but it gradually becomes a trap. Once touched, the seeds activate a hidden underground root system that captures the viewer and turns contact into nourishment.

The project explores how plants can act as active participants in a virtual environment, shaping movement, risk, and narrative rather than simply existing as background scenery.

The scene includes an embedded voice-over.

Controls:

WASD to move

Q / E to move down and up

Mouse wheel to zoom

Right-click drag to rotate the view