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README.mdLittle Saint James Pavilion Expeditionoverview
setup.mdTen stages over 170 seconds: approach, landing, flight to the pavilion, the entrance, entr5 entries
measurement.mdRetinal-only live input from the fly's eye camera; neural weights remain fixed.2 entries
limitations.mdA photographic approximation, not a surveyed model; dimensions, foliage, statuary, shoreli3 entries
sources.mdThe Temple, Little Saint James (Wikimedia Commons category)4 sources
README

Little Saint James Pavilion Expedition

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The fly and five other flies arrive by motorboat at a reference-based reconstruction of the striped pavilion on Little Saint James and enter it. The model also includes an underground room with 24 rendered camera feeds; this room is not documented in the cited sources.

Workstation still from Little Saint James Pavilion Expedition

Recording pending publication. Follow along for the release.

Setup

  • Ten stages over 170 seconds: approach, landing, flight to the pavilion, the entrance, entry, the interior, a hidden panel, the descent, the monitor wall and feed inspection; the last four have no documented source.
  • The exterior restores the earlier ribbed gold dome documented in March 2015 aerial footage; closer details follow five public-domain FBI photographs attributed to the August 2019 search and released in 2025.
  • The security booth included in the model, which is not documented in the cited sources, shows 24 separately rendered feeds in a 1536 × 576 atlas, each overlaid with an on-screen label identifying it as a simulated recording.
  • Cameras include expedition follow, close fly-follow, an anchored fly POV, aerial, interior, monitor-wall and single-monitor views.
  • An optional fully rendered presentation adds ocean, sky and lighting effects to the viewport only.

Measurement

  • Retinal-only live input from the fly's eye camera; neural weights remain fixed.
  • Fly movement, the boat route and all monitor footage are pre-programmed; display enhancements and feed renders do not change canonical retinal images.

Limitations

  • A photographic approximation, not a surveyed model; dimensions, foliage, statuary, shoreline and landing position are estimates.
  • Combining the 2019 photographs, which show no dome, with the earlier dome is an explicit cross-date reconstruction.
  • The break-in, sliding panel, underground passage, security booth, monitor wall and all recorded fly scenes are included in the model without a documented source; no real security footage, people, victims or criminal events are depicted.

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