Look carefully at the underground vent of the cooling system from the tokamak generator that is found on humanity's first space base of the moon Europa, the frozen ice world with a liquid water ocean beneath it's surface.
Look closely and you will also see the lifeform we've called the Europan Minos cephalopod, which can be found near the ocean shelf several kilometers below the frozen icy surface. Their ecosystem, combined with unique abilities of movement and communication will be explored further in the VR game "Europa Prime".
Developed by MXTreality for and with EdGE at TERC, terc.edu/edge, as part of an NSF-funded project (#2005447) researching and developing a STEM-based VR game for a broad audience, including neurodivergent players.
This work is part of a collaboration between MXTreality & TERC to broaden participation in informal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning for all, yet with a special focus on neuro-diverse and autistic learners through the magic offered via virtual reality.
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NSF Grant: DRL-2005447
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