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FLANDERS FIELDS MUSEUM
Company: projectiondesign Location: Ypres, Belgium
The newly opened Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, Belgium interprets the stories of the First World War as seen in the Flanders region using modern museum tech- niques and multimedia for visitors of today and tomorrow. projectiondesign F22, F32 and F35 wqxga projectors and WB processors were provided by specialist museums system integrator, Ocular BVBA for use in the Belle Epoque, First Battle, Ypres Salient and Third Battle exhibit areas with the aim of stimulating a more in- depth look at how museum visitors deal with war and peace. On entering the museum, a poppy bracelet is given to all visitors. As visitors move around the beautifully restored medieval cloth-hall building in the city’s main square, a micro-chip inside their poppy, a globally recognised symbol of the First World War, provides them with video projections, interactive touchscreens and soundscapes used to re-create the pain and tragedy of the War. The museum has always focused on the stories of individuals within the larger pic- ture of the Great War. These personal stories are told through many varied objects on display, interactive installations and life-like characters. Piet Chielens of Flanders Fields Museum, explained: “To really embrace the whole public with the impact of landscape then I think the best way of doing it is with pro- jection. That is what we’ve done here. People are really thrilled with the experience and that is largely due to the techniques we’ve chosen to present it.
Nicolas Vanden Avenne, Managing Director at Ocular BVBA continued: “Every projection surface in this museum is either curved or has a rather unusual shape for projection, which made this a technical challenge. Along with projection, we use the blend and warp functionality of the WB processors throughout the museum.” As visitors enter the museum, they walk through the Belle Epoque exhibit, which highlights the period of time leading up until the war. In this area two F32 projec- tors are used to project footage on to a curved structure that looks like a forest of wood panels. In the First Battle exhibit, an F35 wqxga projector is used to project from the ceil- ing onto a 3D scale model map of the battlefields from the North Sea to the front line. Viewers can watch the deployment of allied troops in the city of Ypres and the first battle from a birds eye view. Ypres Saliant uses three projectiondesign F22 projectors and WB1920 processors onto a 170º curved screen to observe the progress of the war as if travelling in a balloon high in the sky. Footage includes a view over buildings and deployment of troops around Ypres. Perhaps the most harrowing exhibit the Third Battle, uses four F22 projectors onto a curved screen and ceiling to provide symbolic visuals with narration by nurses, doctors, soldiers, priests about one of the bloodiest battles in the First World War. Nicolas said: “To achieve the exhibit areas, we had to look for a partner that could do the engineering of our projections and cooperate with us during the building of the museum. We turned to projectiondesign because of its high-performance projectors for each exhibit area and choice of lenses.”
www.projectiondesign.com LEGOLAND DISCOVERY CENTRE
Company: Laserworld Location: Berlin, Germany
Legoland Discovery Centre in Berlin aims to attract visitors from the age of three to 16 years, but also provides many impressive and spectacular attractions for adults. Recently it has created a new game, which sees visitors try to reach the treasure that is protected by laser beams that raise an alarm when interrupted. The game requires the players to snake through the multiple laser beams without touching them. Different coloured lasers indicate the difficulty level of the game and it can be adapted to create different ambiences. Additional sound and lighting effects as well as fog are used to emphasise the emotional appearance of the game. People waiting in front of the gaming area can watch the players inside the three rooms on screens mounted in the entry zone.
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