Universe Explorer
Planets → solar system → 60-light-year neighbourhood → Milky Way → Local Group → Laniakea → observable universe, every layer from public datasets: NASA/USGS maps, JPL and IAU ephemerides, Gaia DR3, Cosmicflows-2, 2MRS and Planck. A Claude copilot answers questions and flies the camera.
- scale levels
- 7
- Gaia DR3 stars
- 350k
- 2015 poles and prime meridians
- IAU
- from question to camera move
- ~1.6 s
The challenge
Scientific datasets are vast and abstract. Museums, classrooms and outreach teams need something faithful to the data that anyone can explore by asking.
What we built
- Real NASA maps and IAU orientation; verified sub-solar point and Moon phases
- Each scale level its own scene with consistent units
- Streaming Claude copilot on Amazon Bedrock that drives the camera
Outcome in the twin
Visitors ask in their own language and are flown to the answer, with every surface and position traceable to its source.
Path to production
Exhibit and classroom editions; curated tours; custom datasets.
Technology
About this build
Some bodies remain artist’s impressions and are labelled as such.
Fieldwork — Visual Localization
Human Body Explorer
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