NASA/JPL Eyes on the Solar System
Travel through time & space
Blink provided creative direction and user experience design for the new Eyes on the Solar System Application. This included a redesign of the existing interface as well as design of a storytelling presentation mode (scrolly-telling). Blink also offered creative direction for the motion/animation to create a more cinematic experience without compromising any technical detail or scientific accuracy.
Client: Jason Craig
JPL Visualization Technology Adaptations and Development Group
Site: https://eyes.nasa.gov/
Project Type: Design
Duration: 6 weeks
My Role: Project Director
Other Team Members: Creative Director, Interaction Designer, Visual Designer, Motion Designer
NASA’s goal was to update the tool to be easier to use and more discoverable. This allowed us to reshape the user experience for a new and broader audience.
The goal for the motion and animation was to make it as cinematic as possible without losing any of the technical or scientific accuracy. all the planets and spacecraft are exactly positioned in both space and time. Our amazing Director of Innovation, Quba Michalski, who modeled and animated these simulations also had to omit things like the use of particle systems because the technology in the NASA’s real-time 3D web engine isn’t capable yet.
Prototypes
Desktop “Scrollytelling” Prototype
Mobile “Scrollytelling” Prototype
