First Floor: Exploration (Space)
Visitors gather around the interactive table and astronaut stations, where they can scan their bracelet and have their photo taken to use as their passport ID. It’s a simple, playful moment that lets them see themselves as part of the experience. Around them, mirrored glass displays of projected artefacts reflect the space and each other, encouraging visitors to move around and explore from different angles.
Visitors gather around the planetary table as a central, glowing focal point, where staff guide them through the solar system, explaining each planet and encouraging interaction from multiple sides. The warm lighting and circular layout create a sense of immersion and curiosity, making the experience feel both educational and engaging, rather than static. This shared moment fosters conversation, learning, and discovery, allowing visitors, especially children, to connect with complex information in a more memorable, hands on way.
Visitors step into individual VR pods where they can choose what part of the universe they want to explore, with their selection appearing on the screen in front on the TV screen, so that others can see exactly what they’re experiencing. Speakers are on the side creating a more immersive atmosphere. It becomes a shared moment as people watch, react, and decide what they want to explore next, making the experience feel personal but still social and engaging.
Visitors are drawn into the galaxy hallway, where mirrored surfaces on the outside reflect movement and light, subtly pulling them toward the entrance. As they step inside, the space shifts into an immersive experience, with electronic screens surrounding them in moving galaxies, creating the feeling of travelling through space. The transition builds anticipation and excitement, leading seamlessly into the space simulator, where the journey continues and visitors feel fully transported beyond Earth into space.
Visitors enter the space simulator directly from the galaxy hallway, where the transition from soft, immersive visuals into a more metallic enclosed space heightens the sense of departure. Surrounded by industrial materials and screen ‘windows’, they experience the feeling of launching from Earth and travelling into space, as moving visuals simulate the journey beyond the atmosphere. The space creates a sense of excitement and anticipation, making visitors feel as though they are part of the mission, turning observation into a fully immersive, cinematic experience.