Life in the Universe with Stephen Hawking
'96-'97
Overview
- Sponsored by MetaTools (US) and Navigo Multimedia (EU)
- Planned translation into 5 languages
- Formed around Hawking's essay "Life in the Universe"
- Includes 5 articles from Scientific American
- Knowledge aquired by investigating cosmological, bio-organic, and mathematical terrains
Bacteriophage and Text Synth UI
- Bacteriophage agent guides exploration of environment
- Hawking's text is spoken through his actual speech synthesizer
- Three terains are available: cosmological, bio-organic, mathematical
- Port out to Web to access additional materials
Cosmological Terrain
- Phage ready to land on an "info bit" about black holes in the cosmological terrain
Bio-Organic Terrain
- Phage ready to land on a on an "info bit" about DNA in the bio-organic terrain
- Once a bit is accessed, it loads related media (video, game, etc)
Video Playback UI
- Viewing window for info-bit videos
Scientific American Article UI
- Access Scientific American articles
RNA Sequencing Game
- One of several integrated games
- Learn to sequence RNA for protein synthesis
Abstract-Mathematical Terrain
- Phage ready to land on the Catch the Signal "info bit" in the abstract-mathematical terrain
Catch the Signal Game
- Work with SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence)
- Intercept incoming radio signals
- See if there's a discernible pattern to them
Timeline UI
- Access discovered information along a temporal dimension
- See which info bits remain to be found
Info Bit History
- Access the Phage's memory to review discovered data
- Rollover colored tiles to see corresponding info bit, click to replay
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