Wildlife Explorers Basecamp Interactive Exhibits — Denny Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp
More than 20 interactive exhibits across the herpetology and invertebrate buildings of the Denny Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp, which opened March 11, 2022, at the San Diego Zoo, were designed, fabricated, and built by Ideum with architecture by HGW Architecture.
| Venue | Denny Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp |
|---|---|
| Project type | New Building |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2022 |
| Technologies | full-dome projection, LED sculpture, Unity, RFID, custom touch hardware |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ideum | Exhibit Design | Over 20 exhibits across the herpetology and invertebrate buildings |
| Ideum | Fabrication | Custom microscope stations, volunteer/docent stations, and digital-signage enclosures |
| Ideum | Media Design & Software | Migration full-dome projection experience, Living River LED sculpture animation, and multiple interactive games |
| Ideum | AV Integration | |
| hgw-architecture | Architecture | Architect for the herpetology and invertebrate exhibit buildings; collaborated with Ideum on microscope-station design and materials. . |
| elumenati | AV Integration | Assisted with the full-dome projection system for the Migration experience. . |
Description
Highlights include a full-dome Migration projection experience (with dome-projection assistance from Elumenati) immersing visitors among animated insects; the Living River, a 3,245-LED animated sculpture spanning 1,330 feet of strip lighting through the herpetology building; custom-fabricated microscope stations; a two-screen stick-insect camouflage game; docent-led and self-guided volunteer stations with RFID card switching; and a zoo-wide digital signage system.