A brief intro into the companies behind the Europa Prime experience
About Us
TERC is a non-profit science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education research and development company in Cambridge, MA. TERC has a passion for social justice and strives to create level playing fields for all learners, reaching more than three million students every year. We believe STEM moves the world forward, and we exist to move STEM learning forward. Visit www.terc.edu.
The Educational Gaming Environments group (EdGE) at TERC designs and studies STEM-learning games and technology tools for differentiated and adaptive learning. Founded in 2009, EdGE continues to use innovative methods in design and research to (a) grow a suite of STEM learning games and (b) help inform the field about how game-based learning can be used to reach ALL learners, including those with cognitive and learning differences, such as Autism, ADHD, and executive function (EF) challenges. Visit www.terc.edu/edge.
Europa Prime was designed, developed, and researched as part of the NSF project (DRL-2005447), Broadening Participation in Informal STEM Learning for Autistic Learners and Others through Virtual Reality.
We are TERC
MXT REALITY (pronounced “Mixed Reality” and "MXT") is a multi-sensory creative studio based in Seattle, WA. Our vision is to enhance human experiences. Our integration of multi-sensory capabilities, accessibility-friendly peripherals, and multi-user interactions redefines shared moments
across all devices.
Since 2013, we've operated in Seattle, WA, and London, UK, serving global clients. Our solutions span holograms, monitor arrays, full motion simulators, VR, AR, MR, and more for training, education, medical, and beyond.
With 150+ XR experiences, 400M AR views, 3M app downloads, and 1K daily VR users, we offer full XR development, consulting, multimedia production, and application publishing.
Experience the future with MXTreality – immersive, impactful, and inclusive. Visit www.mxtreality.com
We are MXT reality
FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS
INCLUSIVE
The game is inclusive, co-designed with and by neurodivergent learners to ensure it is welcoming to a broad audience, including players with sensory, attention, and/or social issues. Nothing about us without us.
CUSTOMIZABLE
The game integrates design elements and offers setting controls so players can customize their experience: sound, brightness, colors, user controls, subtitles, and more.
STEM
The game is based on science and designed to build awareness of and interest in STEM. The game includes science fiction elements, but they are extrapolations from what is known or what there is evidence to suggest about Europa.
AFFORDANCES
The game design focused on affordances of VR, such as taking players somewhere they can’t otherwise go and offering extensive control, but also AR on phones, 3D models on PCs, and LITE versions on any device.