Experience and explore stellar life cycles, gravitational/orbital mechanics, and the advancement of civilizations by dragging and dropping stars and other exotic celestial objects. Through exploration and play, visitors can combine and create massive stars and observe the process of stellar evolution by creating white dwarfs, neutron stars, and even black holes. The collaborative touchscreen supports 80 simultaneous touches, encouraging group interactions.
Users interact via touching the screen (the Ideum Multitouch table supports up to 80 simultaneous touches) to drag and drop celestial bodies from the palettes located at each corner of the screen. They can also manipulate bodies in the open field.
Dropping a body by releasing touch will drop the body into the simulation, if the User is sliding their finger while releasing, the motion will contribute to the body’s initial velocity.