ACMI Screen Worlds

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image at Federation Square has created a huge free exhibition dealing with the history of the moving image in all its forms. The exhibition is titled Screen Worlds and offers visitors a remarkable array of interactive experiences.

Megafun has produced four of the iconic exhibits within the exhibition.

A remarkable three dimensional Zoetrope, a matrix effect "Timeslice" activity and a real live animated Flipbook, combine with Megafun's 3D illusion box to form the four exhibits.

Screen Worlds is a permanent exhibit with free admission.

Panny's Amazing World of Chocolate

The Phillip Island Chocolate Factory in Newhaven has been operational since 2006, however recently it became host to an extraordinary exhibition about chocolate.

The exhibition follows the entire story of cocoa and chocolate.

Starting from the growing of the cocoa and how it is dried and shipped throughout the world, the exhibition then allows users to see how it is processed into chocolate before being turned into all sorts of amazing creations.

As well as traditional chocolate treats that visitors can watch being made in Panny's kitchens, the chocolate is put to a range of most unusual uses in the exhibition area.

These include a full size statue of Michealangelo's David, a 12000 piece mosaic of Dame Edna Everage and chocolate versions of Sidney Nolan's "Ned Kelly" and Edvard Munch's "The Scream".

In addition there is a four and a half metre long by one and a half metre wide model village made entirely of dark, milk and white chocolate plus a range of confectionary such as candy canes and jelly crystals; a one tonne block of solid chocolate that visitors can attempt to counter balance on a giant set of scales; and a four metre long by two metre high waterfall of 100's of litres of flowing molten chocolate.

Visitors then get the opportunity to make their own shapes and patterns on a chocolate machine called "Squirl" (and eat them), watch chocolate being carved by a computerised carving machine and finally make their own unusual bars and outrageous flavour combinations.

The Phillip Island Chocolate Factory and Panny's Amazing World of Chocolate are now major attractions on Phillip Island.

Adelaide Zoo
Envirodome

The Envirodome at the Adelaide Zoo is a highly interactive discovery centre focussed on exploring the changes that are occuring to our climate and environment, and the impact those changes are having on animal species around the world.

Megafun was engaged to conceive and deliver all of the interactive components including a huge user driven interactive water sculpture, a real time animated movie-maker, a giant "global warming" thermometer and an interactive global map that allows users to zoom in to the native habiatat of various endangered animals.

Australian War Memorial
Discovery Zone

In collaboration with Mother's Art, Megafun created the interactive components of the children-focussed Discovery Zone at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Ranging from real live hands-on engagement with a helicopter dash panel through to an operational periscope showing ships at sea rolling on the waves and a sonar device that tracks merchant shipping, through to animated 3D rats scurrying through nooks and crannies in WW1 trenches, Megafun has added a real sense of engagement to this popular exhibition.

Melbourne Museum
Welcome Map

Megafun won the tender to produce a permanent foyer exhibit that greets visitors to the Melbourne Museum and introduces visitors to both the Museum and to the State of Victoria.

Built from a complex of seemingly random placed columns the map reveals itself as a three dimensional outline of Victoria at the entry point to the Museum.

The Welcome Map features 56 showcases set within 4.5 metre high rectangular poles, each telling a story about a particular Victorian region. These poles are designed to be moved to make room for functions.

After winning the tender to create an interactive that addressed the theme of water conservation, Megafun created an extraordinary water sculpture and cartoon based interface that has proved to be so engaging and popular that the Museum needs to take bookings for its use.

Water Smart Home went on to win another Gold Medal (after Raincheck 3000) in the American Museum Associations MUSE awards in 2005 - an extraordinary achievement for an Australian exhibit.

Phillip Island
A Maze N'Things

A Maze N'Things is a themed puzzle park on Phillip Island.

In 2002 Megafun and A Maze N'Things joined forces to develop a major new extension for the park which was subsequently called Puzzle Island.

Puzzle Island is a 400 square metre themed indoor activity centre, incorporating: puzzles, illusions, interactives, models, mazes and even a giant slide.

Megafun handled all of the design and development work, and conceived and delivered all of the electronic and mechanical interactives. The park's attendance has increased substantially since the extension opened in 2004 and the response has been enthusiastic!