The Columbus Zoo is creating an overall unique experience for its new Polar Frontier development which will bring together all of the Columbus Zoo's current bears while re-introducing Polar bears to the viewing public.
A key feature of this development will be to acquaint, teach, and inform zoo visitors of the effects of global warming upon the Arctic environment. The outcome of this project would be to increase interest and engagement with
the exhibit through entertaining interactions via two high quality games downloaded onto a three-dimensional game kiosk. These games, developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center, would in turn
increase awareness of polar bear survival issues with regards to climate change, hopefully initiating empathy and concern for the bears and the polar environment in general.
An additional goal of this project would be to create a program that could be utilized by zoos all over the country, as well as possibly linked together.
