Smithsonian Institution

Skin & Bones uses augmented reality to animate Smithsonian vertebrate skeletons, making scientific concepts more engaging for museum visitors and students.

Renwick Gallery WONDER 360 provides virtual reality immersive experiences of the Smithsonian's WONDER exhibition to remote audiences and general public.

Aquation challenges players to solve global water shortages by managing wealth, building infrastructure, and exploring how choices impact freshwater equity.

Interactive gallery exploring NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discoveries, showing cosmic objects across different wavelengths for public education.

Educational game teaching students about animal diversity and habitats by casting animals in movie roles based on their unique traits.

Agua Salud is a simulation game where players manage land to see how choices like reforestation affect tropical ecosystem health.

Life science mystery game immersing third to fifth graders in bee pollination research, data collection, and biological competition concepts.

Educational introduction to animals and plants at a Smithsonian tropical research site for anyone interested in learning about forest ecology.

BumperDucks teaches foundational physics concepts through interactive challenges guiding ducks across a pond, visualizing mass and force principles from Newton's Laws.

Disaster Detector teaches middle school students to analyze natural hazard data, forecast catastrophic events, and prepare a virtual city for impact.

Augmented reality experience transporting users to 1912 Paris to explore Smithsonian artifacts with voiceover and haptic accessibility features.

Fishes: East Pacific helps scientists, divers, and public identify over 1,300 shore-fish species using offline images, maps, and search tools.

Fishes: Greater Caribbean catalogs 1,693 shore-fish species with searchable images, range maps, descriptions, and digital sighting notebook capabilities.

Educational game teaching users about geographical land and water features by soaring over five real U.S. terrains with assessment quizzes.

Entertainment game where players navigate a fish through low-oxygen water, saving friends and avoiding predators on phones, tablets, or computers.

Home on the Range presents habitat simulations for grade 2 students as part of Smithsonian Science classroom life science modules.

First-grade simulation letting students experiment with light sources in virtual dark environments, introducing reflectivity, beams, and shadow concepts.

Educational app where users design mini golf solutions by applying physics and engineering principles aligned with kindergarten science standards.

Morphy! teaches fourth-grade students how animals use external structures for survival through an interactive life science game with alien character.

Offers virtual reality tours of Areni-1 Cave and Noravank Monastery, making Armenian cultural heritage accessible on standard smartphones globally.

Simulation casting primary students as rockhopper penguin parents, teaching first-graders about animal life cycles, parental care, and survival behaviors.

Educational game teaching students to build healthy meals using nutritional guidelines and budgets from countries worldwide.

Educational nutrition game where students plan healthy daily meals using food guides and budgets from eight countries to learn balanced eating.

Q?rioso teaches users about terrestrial and marine wildlife through an educational card game based on Smithsonian research on biodiversity and ecosystems.