"Growing a Forest with Light"... Interactive Immersive Media "Light Playground" Opens

Experience the Journey from Seed to Forest
Learning the Principles of Nature’s Cycles Through Play

An immersive, experiential media exhibition hall where visitors can physically experience and learn about the cycles of the natural ecosystem is opening.

The National Children's Science Museum announced that it has established an interactive immersive media exhibition hall called "Light Playground," which will officially open on May 1 after a trial run throughout April. The National Children's Science Museum is a science experience facility for children, located near Changgyeonggung Palace in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Promotional poster. Provided by the National Children's Science Museum

"Light Playground" is a four-sided immersive exhibition hall themed around the cycles of plants and forests, where visitors can experience the interactions and scientific principles of the natural ecosystem through interactive activities. The exhibition is focused on intuitively conveying the importance of nature in the era of the climate crisis.

The exhibition is designed so that children can directly experience the process of a seed growing and forming a forest on a devastated Earth. It takes the form of "scitainment" (science + entertainment), combining digital technology and play to help children understand the interactions among natural elements such as light, wind, and water.

Visitors can go beyond passive viewing and participate in the exhibition through physical, activity-based interactions such as touching the screen, watering trees, or blowing wind to disperse seeds. The immersive environment is designed to make visitors feel as if they are in a forest and to help them sense changes in nature.

Content linked to a mobile application is also provided. The "encyclopedia" feature, which allows children to collect 25 species of animals and plants native to Korea, increases their interest and enhances the learning effect.

The exhibition operates on a reservation basis and is held eight times a day (09:30-16:30). Up to 20 people can enter per session, with each session lasting about 20 minutes.

Ji-Young Park, Director of the National Children's Science Museum, said, "I hope this new experiential space, which combines digital technology and interaction, will provide an opportunity for children to understand the scientific principles of the natural ecosystem and appreciate the value of nature."

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