Dragon fruit fortune teller // 2026

Interactive Activation for Galeri Gerobak by Street Cart Project
Bali, Indonesia, 2026

Dragon Fruit Fortune Teller (Peramal Buah Naga) is a digital interactive activation imagining a magical street cart that will predict your future via a fortune cookie-shaped dragon fruit. Touch the spoon and the cookie will crack open to reveal your fortune. The installation combines Galeri Gerobak’s street cart & dragon fruit themes with Carmilla’s conceptual explorations of mysticism.

Experiential Design and Development by Carmilla Sumantry.
Hand-tracking plugin by Richard Hawkins.
Created with Unreal Engine 5.

A 3D modeling software workspace displaying a gray, crescent-shaped object resembling an abstracted fortune cookie in the center of the screen.

3D modelling in ZBrush and Blender

A 3D modeling software interface displaying two textured models of a pink and white object resembling a fruit with a green seed and a purple patch, possibly a stylized or abstract fruit or vegetable.

Texturing in Substance Painter

A computer screen showing a visual scripting interface in Unreal Engine, with nodes and connections for programming behaviors, labeled 'Blueprint' and 'EventGraph'.

Animation and Interactive Development in Unreal Engine

Two versions were created and tested for intuitive user experience:

Computer monitor displaying a sign for 'Buah Naga Peramal' dragon fruit fortune teller, with a dragon fruit sculpture on the desk below.

1. MediaPipe hand-tracking plugin, triggered by waving your hand 3 times.

Computer monitor displaying a pink and purple graphic, with a black speaker on a white stand below it. On the desk, there is a computer mouse, a red object, a spoon, and various cords and adapters.

2. Using an Arduino with touch sensor input, triggered by touching the spoon.

Poster for Gallery Pererenan Bali, a one-week event from May 16-22, 2026, featuring an experiential gallery exploring Indonesian street cart culture in collaboration with local artists and chefs, with stylized line drawings of a balcony, plants, and a street cart.
A small pink food or snack cart with a wheel, placed on a tiled blue floor, surrounded by large potted plants and blue tiled walls. The cart has signs with Indonesian words and a red neon light on top. In the background, the sky is partly cloudy and trees are visible.