Korean Tech Institute Commercializes New Kind Of Low-Cost Switchable Projection Film For Large Transparent Surfaces July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Korean research institute has developed a new kind of switchable transparent film that can be used as a projection surface for windows and other large glass surfaces. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, located south of Seoul, has developed and commercialized what it calls a Nano Transparent Screen (NTS) – a 100-inch sheet …
Iconic Centre Pompidou Facade In Paris Converted To Giant Nike Video Promo During Upcoming Olympics July 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes The industrial-looking Centre Pompidou visual arts center and museum in Paris is getting a digital facade during the upcoming Olympics – part of an Art of Victory exhibition bankrolled by Nike and opening on July 24. Nike, in PR, says it will “transform the Centre Pompidou’s iconic façade into a canvas that showcases groundbreaking stories …
Ancient Roman City In Turkiye Revived In Projection-Mapped Immersive Museum July 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes An ancient Roman trading city is revived and explored using more than 120 projectors at an immersive museum in Selçuk, Türkiye that opened in mid 2023. The Ephesus Experience Museum looks at what life was like in Ephesus before it was largely destroyed in an earthquake in 262. From PR about the immersive experience: Ancient …
Projection In SOHO NYC Building’s Windows Celebrate And Market NBA Finals June 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here’s a nice example of how the windows of vacant storefronts are once again being used as short-term digital out of home ad tools, projecting on specialized film to fill the windows with video and motion graphics. This is an interactive campaign that ran on the street-level windows of a building in New York’s SOHO …
Big Projection-Mapped Space Helps Tell Tiffany & Co. Story At Tokyo Exhibit June 25, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here is a vey nice example of indoor projection mapping done this spring in Tokyo to showcase the product and story of Tiffany & Co. at a special exhibit. The jewelry house developed and ran Tiffany Wonder, a special immersive experience at the Tokyo Node Gallery on the 45th floor of an office tower. The …
Massive 1.5 Acres Of Immersive AV Attractions Open By Seoul’s Main Airport May 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to AV Interactive for first posting on this … A massive, projection-driven immersive media attraction is now open at a resort next to Seoul’s vast international airport, with 18 different display halls covering roughly 1.5 acres of what is called Le Space. Beats me why a Korean resort owned by a Native-American gaming …
Elevator Giant Schindler’s Media Network Also Has Projected Ads On Lift Doors May 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes I am in Germany this week for the invidis-organized Digital Signage Summit at a hotel attached to Munich’s airport. The S-Bahn will roll me over to that hotel later today, but I am staying right now at a hotel in Munich’s city center – where there are leafy beer gardens and more interesting architecture. My …
Projection And Hover Touch Mash-up Allow People To Leaf Through Ancient Manuscript At Korean Library May 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to UK creative Stephan Bischof for posting on Linkedin about this … This is a physical book, with blank pages, sitting on a marble table – with the material from the real book projected on to it from above. The truly interesting thing is the use of a Zytronic’s contactless hover touch-sensing technology …
Touring Experiential Digital Shrine To Footballing Deity Lionel Messi Opens In Miami April 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes Photos – Bruno Aïello-Destombes/Moment Factory An immersive attractions company that had previously been touring projection-mapped shows featuring painting masters like Van Gogh and Monet has now turned its attention to a very modern master, with very different skills – footballing’s biggest star, Lionel Messi. The Messi Experience opened last week in Miami – a nine-room, …
Light Festival In Emirate Includes Projection Mapping A Mountain April 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes All kinds of big man-made structures have been used as the canvas for projection mapping shows – from grain terminals to mosques to the Empire State Building. But here’s a very different, and challenging, projection surface – a mountain. German language content partner invidis has a post up on its site about a light festival …
