One of the great avenues for exploring the barely contained exuberance, rage, joy, and other bundled-up emotions let loose by a particularly great song is the mosh pit. A primal expression for concert attendees, moshing finds people slamming into one another but also helping each other along, to ensure no one is too hurt while forming its own little tribe of controlled chaos. This most human of outlets would be perfectly suited for a physics-based computer model. The “Moshpits Simulation” allows users to change certain elements and settings to produce mosh pits of various sizes, intensities, and dispersals. By altering factors like the speed of the inner vortex (circle pit) and the strength of the outer circle (the mosh pit proper), users can create drastically different scenarios that are hypnotic in their dynamic motion. The simulator is based on an actual academic paper, “Collective of Moshers at Heavy Metal Concerts ... The A.V. Club Great Job, Internet!: Become the controlling hand of rage with the Moshpits Simulator
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:41:00 +0000
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