World premiere: The Butterfly Effect
Sergels torg will serve as the stage when new research into the cultural experiences of the future is presented. You are warmly welcome to take part!
One of the dancers during rehearsal and technical testing at Sergels torg. Image from the project’s documentation.
Over the course of a two-year research project, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Ericsson Research, and Kulturhuset Stadsteatern have been exploring how cultural experiences can be made more interactive. The findings will be presented in a public performance at Sergels torg in central Stockholm.
Researchers at DSV have developed a technical platform using mixed reality (MR), leveraging the latest wireless communications technology. It enables several active participants to simultaneously step into a new world where virtual effects are blended with reality. Guided by dancers and a butterfly in distress, participants work together to influence the environment and the course of events, and to find solutions.
Subject to availability, you can borrow an MR headset and take part in the experience fully. However, if you’re simply curious about the research, you’re to attend as a spectator. The project researchers share insights and their vision for how the technology might be used in the future. On large screens, the audience will be able to follow what is happening in the virtual world.
The performance “The Butterfly Effect” will take place on three occasions throughout the day:
11:00–12:00, 13:00–14:00, and 15:00–16:00.
Each session lasts approximately 15 minutes.
Welcome to a new kind of cultural experience!
Curious to learn more?
The project Mixed Reality Shared Engagement in Cultural Events (SECE) is funded by Digital Futures and Ericsson Research.
Read about the project
In spring 2025, a demo was carried out where the technology was tested. It has been further developed since.
See the video with English subtitles
Professor Uno Fors is the contact person at DSV
Contact Uno
Last updated: 2026-05-21
Source: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences