Featured during the Splore Festival in February 2024, Luminary XR (the Georgian Star), is a vast celestial agate sphere accessible via handheld devices and extended reality technology. Drawing inspiration from small spherical 'mud dumpling' sculptures and ancient origins, Luminary XR serves as a nexus, connecting the realms of the terrestrial and the celestial. This geo-located ephemeral sculpture, complete with curated sound accompaniment (source NASA), hovered over the oceanfront at Ashby beach, positioned with a panoramic view of the Firth of Thames.

The aesthetic design of Luminary originates from the celestial body Uranus and it's crystalline twin ancient chalcedony stone formations found in the Rakia Gorge in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Chalcedony is a banded type of agate, a quartz variant comprised of microscopic crystals, formed over approximately fifty million years. Drawing inspiration from Uranus, named after the ancient Greek deity of the Heavens, Luminary XR embodies a cosmic essence.

Interestingly, scientists have discovered gemstones within meteorites on Earth, believed to originate from planetary bodies as ancient as the dawn of the universe. The spherical shape of Luminary carries profound symbolism, representing eternity, timelessness, unity, and the cycles of life, among other concepts, making it a potent emblem of the divine and the self.