Erin Reilly
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∆ Active Project

Project Type: XR Exhibit
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(mixed reality experience)

Role: Co-Director / Producer
An immersive story about balance, opportunity, near misses, and hope. It is a story about humanity and the element common to us all: our sky! 
COMING SOON! Project is in development. Open to sponsorship/partnership opportunities. We're so excited to share it with you.

Overview:
Near-earth space is a common resource, finite and basically ungoverned. In this experience, you will join Moriba Jah, space environmentalist, on a journey of discovery and human connection to our shared sky.  Eyes on the Sky is a platform that combines Augmented Reality and Internet of Things allowing them to work in conjunction with each other. Collaborating creatively with professors, peers, and mentors alike, our end goal is to drive awareness for space environmentalism and craft a new sustainability law recognized by the UN.

The project is currently under discussion for partnerships with NASA, National Geographic, and others. Eyes on the Sky aspires for our hearts, minds, and eyes to look upward, protecting and preserving our Earth and space for generations to come. 

What problem are we trying to solve?
There are more than 500,000 objects floating in space. Only about 2,000 of them are functioning. With little regulation and monitoring, the problem of space junk is growing exponentially. Just like your city streets, there are dedicated "highways" in space. Most of the time, objects remain on their path. But when a space object stops working, it drifts aimlessly into the cosmos. Rogue bits of metal and space debris pose a danger to the technologies we rely on and to the future of space exploration. We need an accountability program. 

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Without monitoring and legislation, the cosmic junkyard will continue to grow. Near-earth space is outside conventional environmental protection standards. And yet as a finite resource, our space-traffic footprint is an important but underexplored sustainability metric. 

The solution: We are developing Eyes on the Sky as a Mixed Reality experience designed to bring space environmentalism education alive. Our goal is to move a minimum of 10k people a year through this experience and use immersion to foster attitude and behavioral change. We hope to spark a shared understanding of space environmentalism and our role in the element common to us all: our sky! The 20-minute immersive story allows for 8 people to actively engage in the immersive SkyDome experience as it moves through multiple worlds. The SkyDome is a projection mapping dome experience, mixed with the traditions of theater stage craft and cutting edge extended reality technology, allowing us to change one space into multiple locations. The audience will participate in the story via a traveling immersive exhibition. This Mixed Reality experience combines both physical and digital assets and spaces to make the story world come alive.
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Who will be impacted by the project?
Near-space is finite and essential. At the same time, it is also without governance. Competing global interests threaten the current precarious balance and, consequently, our future way of life. Eyes on the Sky is an immersive experience project centered around space environmentalism. Uniting three schools at UT Austin (Cockrell School of Engineering, Moody College of Communication, and College of Liberal Arts), the Eyes on the Sky immersive experience advocates for a new United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to help protect the authenticity of the skies around us.

This project may also provide Immersive Curriculum Opportunities including:  
  • Sustainability
  • Oceanography
  • Sociology/Tribal Cultures
  • Space Ethics  ​

​Support for Eyes on the Sky:
If you are interested in getting involved or supporting the project, check out our latest website to contact us.
We are seeking contributions to support $500k for Phase 1 development. This allows us to complete preliminary interviews of experts, to refine the interactive script giving the audience character roles and agency within the experience, and to prototype story beats to find solutions for design challenges. After that, we will move into Phase 2, seeking additional support and partners to produce this as a transmedia story world. This will allow Eyes on the Sky to extend from your home via podcasts and social media to the main narrative as a traveling immersive experience (mentioned above) to further outreach with educational curricula. Eyes on the Sky is growing in visibility and sustainability. Your participation will identify you as an advocate of space environmentalism.

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