The Discovery Reef
A pose-tracked, fish-eye-camera-captured kids activation built for a major UK shopping mall group in summer 2022. Children played a sequence of physical activities inside the activation zone, the camera and TensorFlow-powered pose detection recorded their session, and parents scanned a QR code to give permission and unlock the recorded clip for viewing online through a hosted family platform.
The brief, the build, and the result.
The Discovery Reef was a kids' physical-interactive activation Remiam built in collaboration with a creative-event partner for a major UK shopping mall group in summer 2022. The installation hosted children through a sequence of activities inside the zone — physical play, motion-driven mini-games, on-screen reveals — while a fish-eye camera overhead captured the whole session. Pose detection via TensorFlow.js + MediaPipe ran on-device so the system could react to where the child was and what they were doing, frame-accurate. At the end of each session a QR code appeared; a parent scanned it on their phone, granted permission (key for filming minors), and the recorded clip was uploaded to AWS S3 and surfaced through a Firebase-backed viewing platform with Mux as the video pipeline. Parents could re-watch, share, and download their child's session afterwards.
- 01Fish-eye overhead camera capturing the activation zone
- 02TensorFlow.js + MediaPipe pose detection for live interactivity
- 03Sequence of activities for children inside the zone
- 04QR code at the end for parental permission + clip unlock
- 05Clips uploaded to AWS S3, served via Mux Video pipeline
- 06Firebase-backed viewing platform (Firestore + Cloud Functions)
- 07Parents could re-watch, share, and download their child's clip
- 08Hardware-integrated kiosk + Express server orchestrating local capture