DOOMFLYtiny brain. infinite scroll.
Drosophila melanogaster
Simulation runningSpecimen 001
Dopamine 62%
Posts seen01
Screen time0:00
Found the good stuffFood cue · proboscis extending
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Drag to orbit · Scroll to zoomProcedural 3D specimen
Waking up a very small brain…
One more post…Autoscroll is on
On the menuThe algorithm
knows a fly.
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Behind the experiment
DoomFly: tiny brain, infinite scroll. An unimpressed illustrated fruit fly scrolls its foldable phone.

A fly-sized thought experiment.

A procedural fruit fly, a fictional two-screen iPhone Duo, and a feed designed for six legs and a very short attention span.

The science and the make-believe

Inspired by FlyWire’s fruit-fly connectome and Eon’s embodied-fly demonstration. This experience uses stylized anatomy and synthetic neural activity. It does not load a real connectome or reproduce a validated brain simulation.

“Dopamine” is a fictional reward signal. Food photos supply an imagined odor cue; crushes, escape reactions, and doomscrolling are playful rules, not claims about fruit flies using social media.

Make yourself at home

Drag the stage to orbit. Use the wheel or pinch to zoom. Choose Feed or Reels, then Next post to watch a swipe. Space pauses; → advances. Click a stimulus to choose what appears next.

Photo credits

Photographs and their original licenses are listed with each stimulus.

Built with Three.js. Brain points and anatomy are generated procedurally. No camera, microphone, or account needed.