- ROLE: EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
- PLATFORM: LOCATION-BASED EXPERIENCE
- DEVELOPMENT TOOLS: UNITY & OTHERS
-DEVELOPMENT TIME: 4 MONTHS
- PLATFORM: LOCATION-BASED EXPERIENCE
- DEVELOPMENT TOOLS: UNITY & OTHERS
-DEVELOPMENT TIME: 4 MONTHS
Wondrous Space exhibit is a series of interactives for the Benjamin Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The exhibit educates guests about space and interstellar phenomena through a variety of interactive activities.
The five interactives included in Wondrous Space are:
Gravity Well
In Orbit of You
Space Primer
EM Waves
Asteroid Impact
As the Experience Designer, I was responsible for helping design the core interactions, prototyping, and playtesting the experiences. For prototyping and playtesting, we used a combination of brown box and native playtesting. Details and pictures for each of the interactives can be found below.
More Information: https://www.binteractive.com/post/wondrous-space
Gravity Well
This interactive allows guests to roll a ball into the funnel of the tabletop well to learn how the forces of gravity affect an object. Beaudry Interactive helped put a new “spin” (pun intended) on this interactive by implementing ball tracking that, in tandem with projection mapping technology, maps trails that follow the balls and reinforce learning as guests observe their balls spin down into the funnel.
In Orbit of You
This is a projection-driven experience where guests become their own celestial body with a gravitational force. Guests learn about the relationship between mass and gravity by capturing other celestial bodies that come into their gravitational field. The larger the object, the harder it is to pull. Try to avoid capturing too many objects or else you’ll become a black hole!
Space Primer
This interactive installation is comprised of multiple media screens and kiosks containing physical rolling balls that function as controls. Guests work together to travel further into space, viewing & learning about various topics related to space and our solar system.
EM Waves
This exhibit is comprised of three different interactives, including supporting graphics that offer educational information. Museum guests experience and learn about solar and cosmic electromagnetic waves.
The EM Waves interactive kiosks allow guests to explore how planets protect themselves from varying magnetospheres of certain planets within our Solar system.
A number of small, connected stations spread across the EM WAVES exhibit space invite guests to test their abilities to match the pulse of energy waves.
Asteroid Impact
This interactive sees guests launching asteroids into space, with guests choosing different sizes and speeds to analyze the impact they have on other objects. The exhibit consists of a touch screen from which guests adjust the size and speed of their asteroid and then swipe to launch it into space, which is shown on the larger, themed monitor. Hit space debris, asteroids, and even celestial bodies to observe an asteroid impact!