Globe4D is an interactive four dimensional globe; an educational device used by schools, libraries, science centers and museums all over the world. It shows Earth’s surface on a physically rotatable sphere. By turning the round table-top around the sphere you can travel back and forth in time. People of all ages and backgrounds learn in a playful manner about our changing planet. Globe4D was origi
nally developed in a researchgroup at the University of Leiden. Four graduates envisioned and developed the first Globe4D prototype over the span of several months. From the moment the project was first made public it was well received by both the scientific community as well as the general public. The developers started a company based around Globe4D prior to the completion of their Master of Science and – by cooperating with professional production partners -rapidly completed development for a robust and user-friendly model of the system. Globe4D currently aims at a broad target group of museums, science centres, universities, libraries and schools.
