Singapore Air Force Museum

When the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) reimagined its museum in a new compound, the challenge was to translate decades of aviation heritage and defence capability into something that would hold the attention of a young generation. Texture was brought in to design and build the interactive exhibits that anchored the new visitor experience.

Two interactive installations formed the heart of the digital layer. A large-format touchscreen display table placed alongside the museum's physical aircraft artefacts invited visitors to drag and drop images of RSAF planes onto designated zones to unlock technical specifications and historical records, turning a static exhibit into a hands-on discovery tool. The second was a motion-activated aerobatics experience: visitors placed their palm on a sensor to take virtual control of a Black Knights aircraft and fly alongside the team in formation.

Interactive Display Table

A large touchscreen placed among the museum's physical artefacts. Visitors dragged aircraft images to specific zones to unlock technical specifications and historical records, creating a direct and intuitive connection between the hardware on display and the story behind it.

Black Knights Aerobatics Experience

A palm-sensor activation that gave visitors virtual control of a Black Knights aircraft. Holding their hand to the sensor, visitors joined the aerobatics formation and flew with the team, making the precision of RSAF's display squadron visceral rather than observed from a distance.

Heritage and Technology in Dialogue

Museum interactives can fail when they compete with physical artefacts for attention. The RSAF brief required the opposite: technology that amplified what the museum's real hardware communicated rather than distracting from it. A physical aircraft is compelling on its own; the interactive layer existed to answer the questions a visitor standing in front of it could not answer without help. What did this do? What did it feel like to fly it? What was it part of? Those were the gaps the digital layer was built to fill.