Cradle MR
What is this about?
Cradle MR is a Mixed Reality experience exploring ancestral memory, ritual protection, and the erosion of oral traditions. Created during the Echoes Game Jam 2024, it transforms museum spaces into interactive, symbolic environments where users engage with layered African heritage through gesture, sound, and presence. It won Best Immersive Tech at the jam. 🔗 About Echoes Game Jam
What problem does it solve?
Many African spiritual and oral traditions are undocumented and fading. Cradle MR offers a sensory, interactive method to preserve and re-engage with these traditions especially in cultural spaces that often prioritize static displays over embodied experience.
Tools Used
Unity (URP), Meta SDK, Blender, GitHub, Figma.
Timeline
Built in 2 weeks (March 2024) during Echoes Game Jam. Ongoing development for museum installations.
Team
A remote, pan-African team of artists, developers, and designers from four(4) countries across Africa. We have a member from Ethiopia, two from Kenya, two from Nigeria and me from Tanzania. I contributed as the lead Unity developer.
Lessons Learned
Deepened my skills in MR design, narrative abstraction, and cultural preservation through interaction. I also gained experience adapting immersive works for physical museum contexts. And most importantly, I learned the true value of teamwork.
Supported Devices
Meta Quest 3 & 3s and Quest Pro.
Hey: Cradle MR is part of an ongoing effort to make African heritage playable. If you’re a museum curator, game developer, or educator interested in immersive storytelling, we’d love to collaborate or exhibit with you.
Current build: Version 0.2.9