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Thursday, February 15, 2024
OceanXperience immersive exhibit continues global tour with storytelling developed by Fivestone Studios
InPark Magazine: In 2022, OceanX, an organization known for its groundbreaking ocean exploration and innovative storytelling, partnered with exhibition producer Flying Fish to develop and produce the traveling exhibition “OceanXperience,” an immersive, one-of-a-kind adventure designed to raise awareness for the world’s oceans.
I have always found interactive museum experiences such as this one interesting because of how they can combine storytelling, engaging visuals, and production value into an overall experience that can be captivating for its consumers. I especially enjoy how exhibits like these can share important information and raise awareness about important issues. Something that I would love to learn more about is how the control systems for the various elements of an exhibit like this talk to each other. I wonder if they are all running off of the same computer system if they are communicating via a traditional computer network, or if they are operating on a protocol designed specifically for these kinds of exhibits. I know that lighting and sound effects are typically included in exhibits like these, and I wonder how those signals are controlled. Do the exhibit computers directly spit out lighting data or do they trigger cues in other lighting systems?
I wish they had had experiences like this when I was growing up. I’ve always been intrigued by the ocean and the life that lives in it; there was even a point where I wanted to study marine biology, the math and science wasn’t for me. Allowing technology like this to be more accessible to people is great, and it will hopefully get more people interested and involved in trying to help our oceans. If something like this had been around when I was younger, I might have tried harder in some of my math and science classes so that I could go for marine biology or environmental science. But I’m sure this will help more kids to become interested in in the ocean, especially since they will get to do some of the data finding as part of the experience. I really hope the OceanXperience gets what it wants out of all of this.
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I have always found interactive museum experiences such as this one interesting because of how they can combine storytelling, engaging visuals, and production value into an overall experience that can be captivating for its consumers. I especially enjoy how exhibits like these can share important information and raise awareness about important issues. Something that I would love to learn more about is how the control systems for the various elements of an exhibit like this talk to each other. I wonder if they are all running off of the same computer system if they are communicating via a traditional computer network, or if they are operating on a protocol designed specifically for these kinds of exhibits. I know that lighting and sound effects are typically included in exhibits like these, and I wonder how those signals are controlled. Do the exhibit computers directly spit out lighting data or do they trigger cues in other lighting systems?
I wish they had had experiences like this when I was growing up. I’ve always been intrigued by the ocean and the life that lives in it; there was even a point where I wanted to study marine biology, the math and science wasn’t for me. Allowing technology like this to be more accessible to people is great, and it will hopefully get more people interested and involved in trying to help our oceans. If something like this had been around when I was younger, I might have tried harder in some of my math and science classes so that I could go for marine biology or environmental science. But I’m sure this will help more kids to become interested in in the ocean, especially since they will get to do some of the data finding as part of the experience. I really hope the OceanXperience gets what it wants out of all of this.
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