Hyperspace Fossil Academy

The Hyperspace Fossil Academy is an upgrade and optimized project for an existed exhibition in the Tainan City Zuojhen Fossil Park , Taiwan. The idea of the project is to demonstrate the process of how fossils are formed and to correspond with the animal and plant fossils excavated in Tainan for educational purposes.
The project experience is divided into three phases, and each phase is explained by digital images and illustrated with virtual interaction.
Phase one is exploration. A set-up virtual scene bases on the animals and plants in Tainan in the past. participants may interact with animals who are grazing by waving their hands and play with shellfish in the water by stepping on the water.
Phase two is burying. Participants may bury icons/objects on the screen by waving their hands or stepping on the ground.
The last phase is excavation. Fossils may be excavated by waving hands. We also designed a scene of a 30-second earthquake warning for participants to excavate more fossils through jumping movements. This idea is to illustrate that earthquakes are one of the major natural opportunities for fossils emerging to the surface.