A 20-minute immersive space experience for children at KidsSTOP™, Science Centre Singapore, built on a custom GenAI pipeline and live LiDAR-tracked gameplay.
thegalileanmission
- (a.)
- Immersive Media
- (b.)
- Phygital Experiences
The Brief
The client's brief
Create an unforgettable walk-in immersive experience about space.
And we did - in collaboration with OTBT and Kult Studio & Gallery.
The Black Box, KidsSTOP™
KidsSTOP™ is Science Centre Singapore's dedicated children's science centre, a 3,000sqm space running two daily sessions for children aged 18 months to 8 years. The Black Box is its dedicated darkened room, built for continuous programmed experiences. The brief stipulated 20-minute walk-in sessions running on 30-minute intervals, included with admission, with no pre-booking and no operator required to trigger or manage each run.
The Work
Impact
- (a.) projection wall
- 5×2m
- (b.) distinct Galilean moons
- 4
- (c.) children in 5 weeks
- 4,000+
- (d.) unforgettable experience
- 1
The Process
Content pipeline
The projection wall at The Black Box is 5 metres wide by 2 metres tall, a format no generative video tool at the time produced content for at projection quality. A traditional VFX pipeline was outside both the budget and the available timeline. We built a custom ComfyUI pipeline: multimodal model mixing to handle the different visual demands of each moon environment, custom node configurations tuned to the output format, and a keyframe-to-video workflow that produced 15 scenes across four alien worlds.
The Ganymede aurora sequence required a multi-layer compositing approach inside the workflow, combining base surface, aurora mid layer, atmospheric haze, and colour temperature adjustment at add-blend, to get the luminance behaviour correct at the projection throw distance.
Commander Rex
The client came in with a loose concept direction and reference material for the guide character. From there, a GenAI character development pipeline ran in parallel with content production: style exploration, proportion iteration, expression testing, and costume refinement across dozens of variants before the design locked. The final character, a T-Rex in a pilot uniform, included an expression library covering six states, consistent enough across renders to drive VO-synced animation throughout the 20-minute experience.
The ball-throw game
The pirate attack sequence required spatial tracking in a darkened room with no reliable ambient light and no surface for optical systems to work against. We used a Hokuyo LiDAR unit mounted to read the throw zone in front of the projection wall. The sensor reads spatial presence and throw events independent of lighting conditions, with no held controller or touchscreen required.
The first wave of aliens carries standard HP; the second takes multiple hits. The system runs without an operator present across hundreds of daily cycles.
The Outcome
Live at KidsSTOP™
The Galilean Mission opened at The Black Box, KidsSTOP™ on 14 March 2026 and runs through 30 August. Entry is included with KidsSTOP™ admission.
The system runs without a dedicated technical operator: each 20-minute session triggers, completes, and resets automatically across KidsSTOP™'s two daily operating windows without intervention.
