Big Bang AR AppGoogle Arts & Culture / CERN
A Bafta-nominated mixed reality journey through the birth and evolution of the universe, as told by Tilda Swinton.
The Big Bang AR app takes you back in time 13.8 billion years to discover how space, time and the visible universe came to be.
Emerging tech using hand opening gesture to initiate the experience.
Open your hand in front of your phone’s camera to see the universe form; move between ‘reality’ and ‘space’ mode, create the very first particles and atoms; make a star explode; create a supernova and explore the nebula.
Working closely with The Lab at Google Arts and Culture and CERN scientists to create the visual language required for this beautiful, immersive experience to represent the science, using originally composed music, spatial sound, opt-in 3D AR labels and subtitling to bring the story of the universe to life.
Launched as the inaugural project for Google Arts & Culture’s ‘Once Upon A Try‘, experienced in 4 languages.