Gravity orbs

 are interactive objects in Canary. appear as a blue sphere attached to a metal stand which is attached to whatever surface it is on. To activate a Gravity Orb, the blue sphere has to be shattered. When it is shattered, gravity will be switched in the direction the arrow on the sphere is pointing.

The Canaries used the for the movement of heavy machinery, according to a transmission from the Miner Canary. The direction the arrow on the Gravity Orb is pointing is the direction gravity will be shifted when the glass sphere is shattered. In later levels of Canary, when a Gravity Orb is shattered, sometimes dangerous objects will be heading in the direction gravity is shifted.

When Gravity is shifted, many creatures and objects will act strangely due to the change. The switching of gravity will not affect movement patterns for any creatures, including Canary 214-LE, but it will affect the pink liquid fired by Aliens like the Alien Liquid Dropper.

Trivia

 * The Canaries are on a Mining Colony, and since it is a space station set out is space, gravity would naturally effect even the insides of the Colony, preventing movements like Rock dropping to the ground in the colony due to the low gravity. This is something usually voided in almost all Sci-Fi media.