Author: Sasha Angus

  • Peace and Light Museum at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

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    A Responsive Particle Journey

    The Peace and Light Museum’s immersive central space, Diya, harnesses a particle-based visual language that expresses celestial light taking architectural form. Projected animations fill the walls and floor of the 360-degree space. Visitors catalyze dramatic audiovisual transformations as they shift through an environment that responds to their movements. The show moves from the celestial void to the geography of the UAE, and the architectural expression of the Mosque, to create an immersive experience of wonder and creation.

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    Photo credit: Andrew Lee

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    Photo credit: Seeing Things

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    Photo credit: Seeing Things

    Seeds of Tolerance is a large-scale exhibit with an ornate visual language that seamlessly integrates touch, projection, and gesture. This immersive space, built in the Unreal Engine, is fully responsive to visitor presence by integrating a proprietary AI-powered infrared camera-based tracking system and projectors. Visitors can design and customize a flower—inspired by the Mosque’s incredible murals—before publishing it to a 60 ft collective mural. The digital artwork is responsive, with the vines swaying in response to the movement of passing visitors.

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    Photo credit: Andrew Lee

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    Photo credit: Seeing Things

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    Photo credit: Seeing Things

    A physical, digital astrolabe exhibit activates dynamic ceiling projections that show techniques used by ancient astronomers. NGX also integrated a museum-wide solution for digital labels for each artefact, including text, imagery, dynamic projection onto complex 3D miniature models, and Pepper’s Ghost holographs to display precious artifacts. From real-time generative graphics in Unreal to a proprietary AI-powered, motion tracking systems, we embraced the latest technology to deliver a dazzling experience.

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