top of page

Customizable Darkness

brightness.png

This edutainment game allows users to adjust settings to their liking, as part of making the game accessible, including to players with sensory, attention, and/or social challenges.

The Water Deep

The observatory is the maximum depth you'll physically be able to virtually travel... but fret not, you can go deeper via a three-dimensional visualization room or by remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).

You will again look out a window, this time at a vast ocean, believed to contain twice the water of all Earth's oceans combined… and there await the Minos, the first intelligent alien life form ever found, ready to chat with you.

Ocean Observatory

Europa Prime is part of UniVRsal, a collaboration between MXTreality & TERC to broaden participation in informal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) learning for all, with a special focus on autistic and other neurodivergent learners through the magic offered via virtual reality.

UniVRsal

STEM-based VR

The Europa Prime game was designed, developed, and researched as part of an NSF-funded project (#2005447) to learn about the affordances of VR and engage a broad audience, including neurodivergent players, in science.

Through the Ice

Europa’s outer ice shell is 10 to 15 miles (15 to 25 kilometers) thick. You will descend through the ice, via a supersonic elevator shaft, to a mysterious subsurface ocean.

Europa Prime

Coming soon! Jumpstart your own mission to Europa through our virtual reality game, Europa Prime. Set in a future timeline, discover and fix problems on a research station on Europa’s surface as well as communicate with life below the surface to troubleshoot some of the unintended consequences the station presents to Europa’s ecosystem. 

The Surface of Europa

As you stare out the window, Europa’s icy surface will shine brightly with reflected light, and Jupiter will hang majestically in the sky. The average temperature will be a bone chilling -260°F.  But luckily, you'll be safe inside the base station, at least until you descend through the ice!

Welcome to Europa

Congratulations!  You've made the 365+ million-mile journey from Earth!

Are you ready to expand your mind, to learn things no one has learned before, to travel further and deeper than any human before you?

​

Then you are ready for Europa Prime!

​

PS We've carefully blended cutting-edge science with visionary science fiction to transport you into the future of space travel. Discover more by clicking HERE.

Europa Clipper

The Europa Clipper mission will be the first detailed study of one of the most likely candidates for life in our solar system—Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Will it find further evidence the ocean moon harbors the ingredients for life? Learn more about the Mission that inspired our game

Clipper
Play Now

Can you help identify which Minos need tagging and perfect your aim?

RPG

Minos Hunt

Play Now

A special 4 level mini game to understand how users interact

Adventure

Evaluation Build

Play Now

The first 7 minutes of the full game experience.

Strategy

Research Build

This is not the end....
Try our MINI games and experiences too!

Another 40 to 100 miles (60 to 150 kilometers) down, you reach the ocean floor. At the bottom of the largest water ocean in our solar system, the deep sea pressure is likely to be only a bit more than found on Earth's deepest ocean trenches, owing to the lower gravity of Europa.

Ocean Floor

And dotting the ocean floor, you’ll discover hydrothermal vents, providing energy to heat the water… and support the Minos and the rest of an exotic ecosystem.

Hydrothermal Vents

bottom of page