Earth to Mars

A screenshot from a phone of an app. At the top of the screenshot is a bar with various phone icons, including the battery indicator, the time (5:58), and the Bluetooth icon. Below that is a photo of a display case which has various nuts in piles, green leaves mounted on the wall, and many plaques mounted as well. Below the photo is the title "Nut." Below that title is the following text: "Edible nuts are extremely nutritious, and usually easy to grow. Plus, if you bring hazelnuts you might be able to make Nutella in space! Read the plaques to decide if you want to bring these to Mars." Below that text is a large black button with a star on it and the text "Examine." Below this button are the typical controls for a media player: go back to the beginning of the track, rewind, etc. The time for the playback reads 00:000/00:11.

Augmented Reality Game (2016)

My Roles

Project Management, Game Design

What is Earth to Mars?

Earth to Mars: A Journey Through the Plant Hall is an AR (Augmented Reality) app developed by a team of high school students for the Field Museum’s Plant Hall. Visitors play as botanists in a future in which overpopulation has forced Earthlings to terraform Mars.

The app, available on iPhones and Android devices, was designed to increase traffic to the Plant Hall and teach visitors about the importance and diversity of plants. Earth to Mars includes location-based scavenger hunt challenges, a choice-driven narrative, and audio recordings of all text.

Read about the Field Museum’s projects here.