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Netflix: 3 Body Problem

Speculative Narrative Hardware

The project involved the industrial design and engineering of the 3 Body Problem headset, a device conceived to function with technical credibility in the real world. Moving beyond the role of a traditional cinematic prop, the headset debuted at CES as a high-performance interactive object, successfully collapsing the distance between imaginative fiction and visceral reality.

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Client:

Netflix

Year:

2024

Services:

Industrial Design Hardware Engineering Experience Design Strategic Positioning

Deliverables

Industrial Design
Speculative hardware development
Surface resolution and material finishes
Tactile interaction design

Hardware Engineering
Technical plausibility modeling
High-performance physical object production
Precision industrial engineering

Experience Design
Sensory input configuration (Form, Optics, Sound)
Narrative immersion strategy
Active participation frameworks

Strategic Positioning
High-fidelity event debut (CES)
Narrative-to-visceral experience transformation
Market-ready speculative artifacts

Client:

Netflix

Year:

2024

Services:

Industrial Design Hardware Engineering Experience Design Strategic Positioning

The Mission:

Translating speculative fiction into a high-performance physical object.
The primary objective was to design the headset as a piece of technology from a speculative reality that functions credibly in the physical world. This required a prioritization of industrial precision and tactile interaction, ensuring the device existed as plausible hardware rather than a mere visual prop.

The Result:

Shifting the audience from passive viewing to active participation.
By debuting at CES, the sculptural form disrupted the consumer tech landscape, transforming a narrative concept into the show's most discussed event. Through carefully reconfigured visual and auditory perception, the experience allowed users to physically inhabit the series' mythos, establishing the device as a visceral and high-stakes interactive bridge between fiction and reality.

3 Body Problem

Motion Animation & Video

2024

The Mission:

Translating speculative fiction into a high-performance physical object.
The primary objective was to design the headset as a piece of technology from a speculative reality that functions credibly in the physical world. This required a prioritization of industrial precision and tactile interaction, ensuring the device existed as plausible hardware rather than a mere visual prop.

The Result:

Shifting the audience from passive viewing to active participation.
By debuting at CES, the sculptural form disrupted the consumer tech landscape, transforming a narrative concept into the show's most discussed event. Through carefully reconfigured visual and auditory perception, the experience allowed users to physically inhabit the series' mythos, establishing the device as a visceral and high-stakes interactive bridge between fiction and reality.

3 Body Problem

Motion Animation & Video

2024

Umbra

High-Fidelity Satellite Visualization

MedAstra*

Advanced Medical Kit

Umbra

High-Fidelity Satellite Visualization

MedAstra*

Advanced Medical Kit

Umbra

High-Fidelity Satellite Visualization

MedAstra*

Advanced Medical Kit

Netflix: 3 Body Problem