NeuroGarden

NeuroGardenLet Curiosity Grow.

A floating botanical neural garden connected to translucent neural structures and a spatial computing headset

Step into nature and touch the invisible connections.
A spatial journey through exploration, perception, and self-understanding.

Explore NeuroGarden

Let nature
become a biology classroom.

NeuroGarden is an AR biology education serious game concept for high school students, designed for Apple Vision Pro. It connects campuses, parks, and exhibition spaces into an outdoor classroom: walking, exploration, and collaboration in real environments trigger AR tasks; dopamine and endorphin companions guide students to collect petals, enter VR micro experiments, and gradually restore the neural garden, linking abstract neuroscience with everyday experience.

Enter NeuroGarden.

Watch the concept film for outdoor exploration and spatial learning.

Step into the real world.
Let exploration become learning.

Get closer to discover.

Students search for clues across campuses and parks. Spatial anchors connect real places with AR content, making approach, discovery, and observation part of the task.

Reach out to connect.

Through gestures, students select, collect, and combine virtual petals, then use spatial windows and VR micro experiments to explore how neural signals travel.

Every step responds.

Walking, route choices, and sustained exploration become game input. Paths, companions, and flowers change with progress, making anticipation, persistence, and feedback visible.

Learning Path Sandbox.
Five nodes, five micro experiments.

The digital sandbox is a spatial diagram of the learning flow, organizing five experiment nodes. The five scene images serve as VR experiment backgrounds inside those nodes, connecting outdoor exploration, task triggers, and micro experiment observation.

NeuroGarden digital learning path sandbox with five learning nodes and a floating micro experiment window
Campus-themed VR experiment background

Put invisible signals
into your hands.

Outdoor exploration raises the question; VR micro experiments make the process visible. In the “Crossing the Synapse” experiment, gestures simulate neurotransmitter release and receptor binding, allowing students to observe ion flow and membrane potential changes.

First-person VR view of pinching neurotransmitter vesicles inside the presynaptic membrane Neurotransmitters cross the synaptic cleft and bind with postsynaptic receptors Sodium ions pass through receptor channels and form an action potential curve

Turn exploration
into visible understanding.

At the end of the journey, students review their exploration and micro experiments. This interactive virtual gallery presents a concept for learning reflection, garden restoration, and commemorative badges.

A modern concrete biology gallery displaying neuron, cell, and DNA exhibits Learning outcome window: neural regulation 92%, four explorations completed
Entering the gallery

Drag to look around · Scroll to zoom

A sense of anticipation.
A rhythm of persistence.
Growing together.

Dopamine and endorphin appear as two companions, turning anticipation and sustained effort into playable learning mechanics. From finding petals to walking steadily and placing energy crystals together, they help the neural garden bloom again.

Dopamine guide character: a white-haired fairy in warm orange clothing

“What might be ahead?”

A guide built around motivation and anticipation. It leads students to find three petals and discover routes; in the game, chasing immediate rewards can make the path unstable, prompting reflection on choices and feedback.

With a raised hand,
connections become visible.

The design uses real places as spatial anchors, blending AR companions, clues, and learning windows into the surrounding environment. Outdoor discovery and VR micro experiments connect body movement, interaction, and knowledge.

Observe · reveal hidden processes＋

Start with a clue found outdoors, then observe an artistic visualization of neural signals and biological mechanisms inside a spatial window.

Try · make concepts respond＋

Operate micro experiments and compare feedback, so choices and outcomes form a relationship instead of becoming a memorized answer.

Review · collect your own garden＋

Gather energy crystals, witness the companions and garden bloom together, review the exploration, receive badges, and extend the learning memory through garden models.

Enter NeuroGarden.
Let learning happen.

Learning about life can also feel alive.

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Project Concept

NeuroGarden is an AR biology education serious game concept for Apple Vision Pro, exploring how learning can move from the classroom into campuses, parks, and exhibition spaces. Real walking and exploration connect AR tasks, while VR micro experiments help students understand abstract mechanisms. The five scene images on this page only represent VR experiment backgrounds. Characters and neural state feedback are expressed as educational game mechanics, and the imagery presents a design vision.