Customer
Pulsar Fusion
Solution
Cinematic Animation & Web Interactive
Timeline
8 Weeks
Result
360k+ YouTube · 16k+ Interactive
| The customer
The Client
Pulsar Fusion is a high-growth UK based start-up developing Nuclear Fusion propulsion technology with support from the UK and European Space Agencies. As they prepared for a high-profile US investment tour in June 2025 and a feature on the BBC’s The Sky at Night, they needed a visual partner capable of articulating the sheer scale of their Sunbird space tug concept.
| The mission
The Mission
The objective was twofold: produce an epic cinematic launch video to serve as the face of a global PR campaign, and develop a high-performance web interactive tool. This digital twin would allow the CEO to provide a hands-on technical walkthrough for investors, demonstrating how the Sunbird network would facilitate rapid travel across the solar system.
Services
Modelling · Texturing · Animation · Asset Optimisation · Web Development
360
K+
Youtube Views
16
K+
Interactive Visitors
0
USHQ
Secured in Texas
| The Brief
The Challenge
01 / PREVIOUS STUDIO FAILED
A previous studio delivered an animation that failed to meet the technical and aesthetic standards required for the US tour.
02 / 8 WEEKS REMAINING
With only eight weeks remaining, Pulsar needed cinematic, emotionally impactful replacement content.
03 / FULL BUILD FROM SCRATCH
The Sunbird existed only as a concept. A 3D build and interactive tool both required from zero.
The Pulsar team arrived at Dark Star Labs with a significant challenge. A previous studio had delivered a launch animation that failed to meet the technical and aesthetic standards required for their US tour. With only eight weeks remaining, the Pulsar team needed to replace the existing content with visuals that were more cinematic and emotionally impactful.
The Sunbird existed only as a concept. To move from rendered stills to a high-definition digital asset, we worked directly with the Pulsar CEO to refine the design in 3D.
Beyond the film, the Head of Marketing required an educational interactive experience that could load instantly on a mobile device or iPad without sacrificing the lighting and texture quality of the main animation.
| Our Approach
The Solution
Space Opera style. Built for investors, deployable across every screen and every stage, from boardroom to launchpad.
Animation
Interactive
We leaned into a dramatic Space Opera style, drawing inspiration from the sweeping cinematography of Interstellar. The Sunbird’s Perch was built using geometric cues from NASA gantry systems and a SpaceX Starship.
The narrative follows a Sunbird Network montage tracking Earth to Mars, Titan, and the asteroid Psyche. Simultaneously, the web-interactive delivers a photorealistic Sunbird users can explore — explode to view internals or ignite the plasma exhaust — loading instantly on all devices.
| Mission Footage
The Assets
Interactive Walkthrough
Plasma Plume Test
Run the Mission
“It's been a very useful tool in demonstrating our concept for the future of space!”
Richard DinanCEO & Founder — Pulsar Fusion
| Ready to Launch
IS YOUR TECHNOLOGY READY FOR LAUNCH?
From high-fidelity product stills to cinematic animations and lightning-fast web interactives, we build the digital assets that turn complex propulsion into a compelling investment. Let’s take your campaign across the solar system.
