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“The visual proof that we are minuscule beings on a tiny planet, circling a small star, in a vast solar system also helps put your life in perspective.”
— http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/14/business/la-fi-tn-100000-stars-google-chrome-experiment-20121114
“...the artist’s impression gives an incredible and mind-boggling sense of our (tiny) place in the galaxy.”
— https://www.wired.co.uk/article/100000-stars

In 2012 I was inspired by Mass Effect to create this data-viz / art piece for Google Data Arts Team. Using THREE.js and data from the ESA, it took a few weeks from ideation to development to release.

“All the while, errie music from composer Sam Hulick, who scored the video game “Mass Effect,” hums in the emptiness of space.”
— https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/100000-stars-google_n_2138129.html

The project won FWA of the Month 2013 and was nominated for a Webby.

Making of 100,000 Stars