VIRTUAL BIOME:

let mic;let vol; let vol; let phase = 0; let zoff = 0; let noiseCircles = []; let newFoods = []; let clearing = false; let canvas; let foodPG; let buttonClear; let buttonAddACreature; let buttonKillACreature; let buttonRestart; let redSlider, greenSlider, blueSlider; let disableDrawing = false; class NoiseCircle constructor(_x, _y, _br, zoffUpdate, noiseMax) this.location = new createVector(_x, _y); this.br = _br; this.color = color(27, 89, 31); this.coreColor = color(255, 0, 0); this.velocity = new createVector(random(-0.7, 0.7), random(-0.7, 0.7)) this.zoffUpdate = zoffUpdate; this.noiseMax = noiseMax; this.originalSize = this.br; this.desired = new createVector(0,0); this.desired = new createVector(0,0); this.speedLimit = random(1, this.originalSize); this.creatureState = "hungry"; this.hungryThreshold = 3; this.fullThreshold = 5; this.isFull = function () return this.creatureState === 'full'; if (this.creatureState === 'hungry' && this.br >= this.fullThreshold) this.changeState('full'); else if (this.creatureState === 'full' && this.br <= this.hungryThreshold) this.changeState('hungry'); if (this.creatureState === 'full' && this.br > this.originalSize) this.br -= 0.1; if (this.br < this.hungryThreshold) this.changeState('hungry'); else if (this.br > this.fullThreshold) this.changeState('full'); findFood(x, y) this.desired.x = x; this.desired.y = y; let direction = p5.Vector.sub(this.desired, this.location); if (direction.mag() < this.br * 5) return true; if (direction.mag() < 50) direction.normalize(); this.velocity.add(direction); let angle = noise(this.location.x / 500, this.location.y / 500, frameCount / 20) * TWO_PI * 2; this.friction.x = this.velocity.x * -1; this.friction.y = this.velocity.y * -1; this.friction.normalize(); this.friction.mult(0.1); this.velocity.add(this.friction); this.velocity.limit(this.speedLimit); this.location.x += this.velocity.x * sin(angle) * 5; this.location.y += this.velocity.y * cos(angle) * 5; this.location.add(this.velocity); return false; changeState(newState) this.creatureState = newState; crawling() let angle = noise(this.location.x / 500, this.location.y / 500, frameCount / 20) * TWO_PI * 2; this.location.x += this.velocity.x * cos(angle) * 3; this.location.y += this.velocity.y * sin(angle) * 3; bouncing() if (this.location.x < 0 || this.location.x > width) this.velocity.x *= -1; if (this.location.y < 0 || this.location.y > height) this.velocity.y *= -1; communication(other) let d = dist(this.location.x, this.location.y, other.location.x, other.location.y); return d < this.br * 50 + other.br * 50; contains(px, py) if (d < this.r) return true; else return false; changeColor(c) this.color = c; changeCoreColor(c) this.coreColor = c; Draw(r) push(); translate(this.location.x, this.location.y); fill(this.color, alpha1); stroke(255, 100); let alpha1 = 5; beginShape(); for (let a = 0; a < TWO_PI; a += radians(5)) let xoff = map(cos(a + phase), -1, 1, 0, this.noiseMax + r); let yoff = map(sin(a + phase), -1, 1, 0, this.noiseMax + r); let rad = r + map(noise(xoff, yoff, zoff), 0, 1, r, this.br * 100); let x = rad * cos(a); let y = rad * sin(a); curveVertex(x, y); endShape(CLOSE); phase += 0.001; zoff += this.zoffUpdate; let alpha2 = map(r, 0, 0.5, 20, 255); fill(255, 255, 200, alpha1); ellipse(0, 0, r + this.br * 20); pop(); What exactly is the difference between us and machines? Our neurons are like networks of logical operations, our memories are akin to the storage units of computers, our thinking resembles the process of information processing, our cognition is like the progress of programming, and our learning seems like the self-organizing ability of algorithms... What is life forms? What is mechanical forms? What made us? What is us? after all? They are code. They are code. They are code. THE MACHINE IS US, an aspect of our embodiment. OUR PROCESSES, AN ASPECT OF OUR EMBODIMENT. They are code. WE ARE CODE. WE ARE CYBORG. ARE WE CYBORG?